What is to diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow. I'll rather leap down first, and break your fall. Dryden called?
break — To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow. I'll rather leap down first, and break your fall. Dryden. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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