forbreak
English
Etymology
From Middle English forbreken, from Old English forbrecan (“to break up, break in pieces, violate, destroy”), from Proto-Germanic *frabrekaną (“to break up”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhraǵ-, *bhreǵ- (“to break”), equivalent to for- (“fully, up”) + break. Cognate with Dutch verbreken (“to sever, disrupt”), German verbrechen (“to commit, perpetrate”).
Verb
forbreak (third-person singular simple present forbreaks, present participle forbreaking, simple past forbroke, past participle forbroken)
- (archaic) To break in pieces, break up, destroy.
- (archaic) To break through, interrupt.