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breed(1)(dictionary)
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breed(2) (iou) and hesperid (medicine)


breed(2) (iou)



breed verb. .
[Old English bredan = Old High German bruotan (German bruten), from West Germanic, from Germanic base of BROOD noun.]
verb trans. Bring (offspring) forward from conception to birth; hatch (young) from the egg; bear, generate, (offspring). OE.
verb intrans.
a. Of an animal species: produce young, reproduce. ME.
b. Of a woman: be pregnant. E17.
verb trans. Give rise to; be the source of; engender, develop; produce. ME.
J. Baret Rotten timber breedeth wormes. J. Buchan I couldn't leave any clues to breed suspicions. T. S. Eliot April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land. M. L. King Poverty and ignorance breed crime.
b. Produce (fissile material) within a nuclear reactor. Cf. BREEDER 2. M20.
verb intrans. Come into being or existence; be produced; arise, originate. ME.
Bacon Fleas breed principally of Straw or Mats, where there hath been a little moisture. James Mill [He] allowed..discontents & jealousies to breed in the army.
verb trans. Promote or control the propagation of, raise, (animals, plants, etc.); develop (a particular breed or kind of animal or plant). LME.
J. Ray The manner of breeding Canary-birds. Anthony Huxley Breeding short-stemmed cereals for ease of combine harvesting.
b. Put (an animal) to another for mating. L19.
verb trans. Bring up from childhood, raise (as); bring up in a faith etc., train up to a profession, status, etc.; (now arch. rare) train, educate (as). Also foll. by up. LME.
T. Fuller Sir John Mason was..bred in All Souls in Oxford. Defoe Thou talkest as if thou hadst been bred a heathen. Southey He did not determine upon breeding him either to the Church or the Law. H. T. Buckle The old traditions in which they had been bred. D. H. Lawrence She was demeaning herself shamefully...After all, she had been bred up differently from that.
verb trans. Begin to exhibit naturally (teeth, wings, etc.). M16-M18.
With adverbs & prepositions in specialized senses: breed in (usually) mate with or marry near relatives. breed in and in: within a limited stock. breed out eliminate (a characteristic) by (controlled) breeding.
Comb.: breed-bate a mischief-maker.
breedy adjective breeding readily, prolific M18.

hesperid (medicine)


hesperid
<zoology> Same as 3d Hesperian.

Source: Websters Dictionary