Definition for Breed (-s, bred)

breed (-s, bred), v. [OE 'warmth, hatching, fostering heat'.]

  1. Raise; bring up; [word play on “broad”] amplify; elevate; expand; magnify; enable to grow.
  2. Ferment; multiply; seethe; smolder; spawn; proliferate; propagate; [word play on “breathes”] live; survive; exist; persist; (see Exodus 16:20).

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