Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BREED, v.i.

1. To produce, as a fetus; to bear and nourish, as in pregnancy; as a female breeds with pain.
2. To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, as young before birth; as, children or young breed in the matrix.
3. To have birth; to be produced; as, fish breed in rivers.
4. To be increased by a new production. But could youth last, and love still breed. – Ralegh.
5. To raise a breed; as, to choose the best species of swine to breed from.