a. [ From Break, v. t. ]
The one being who remembered him as he been before his mind was broken. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]
The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay,
Sat by his fire, and talked the night away. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. Ps. li. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]
Amidst the broken words and loud weeping of those grave senators. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Broken ground.
Broken line (Geom.),
Broken meat,
Broken number,
Broken weather,
a.
a. Having a ruptured belly. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
. Abscess of the mammary gland. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair. [ 1913 Webster ]
She left her husband almost broken-hearted. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a broken, interrupted manner; in a broken state; in broken language. [ 1913 Webster ]
The pagans worship God . . . as it were brokenly and by piecemeal. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
(Far.) The heaves. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Far.) Having short breath or disordered respiration, as a horse. [ 1913 Webster ]