bebreak

== English == === 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. === Verb === bebreak (third-person singular simple present bebreaks, present participle bebreaking, simple past bebroke, past participle bebroken) (ambitransitive) To break to pieces; break completely; shatter; destroy. 1678, Nicolas Caussin, Hawkins, The Holy Court in Five Tomes: This miserable snare staied all his good purposes, and needs must bebreak them, to put this great Soul into full liberty.