Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bebreak

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-break
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To break to pieces; break completely; shatter; destroy.

Example Sentences

"This miserable snare staied all his good purposes, and needs must bebreak them, to put this great Soul into full liberty."
"Additionally all rulings in the revolutionary and clerical courts are final and cannot bebreak; overturned."
"Did in my hall in sight of least and most Bebreak his staff, my household office stay, Bad each make shift, and rode himself away."

Etymology

From Middle English *bebreken, *bibreken, from Old English bebrecan (“to break to pieces”), from Proto-West Germanic *bibrekan (“to break, shatter”), equivalent to be- + break. Cognate with Low German bebreken, German bebrechen.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be
Root: *bebreken, bebrecan, *bibrekan

Inflected Forms

bebreaks (present, singular) bebreaking (participle, present) bebroke (past) bebroken (participle, past)

Questions

What does bebreak mean?: To break to pieces; break completely; shatter; destroy.
Where does bebreak come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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