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English
Etymology
From Latin frāctus, past participle of frangere (“to break”).
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Verb
fract (third-person singular simple present fracts, present participle fracting, simple past and past participle fracted)
- (obsolete) To break; to violate.
1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 74, column 1:Hoſt[ess]. As euer you come of women, come in quickly to ſir Iohn: A poore heart, hee is ſo ſhak’d of a burning quotidian Tertian, that it is moſt lamentable to behold. Sweet men, come to him. / Nym. The King hath run bad humors on the Knight, that’s the euen of it. / Piſt[ol]. Nym, thou haſt ſpoke the right, his heart is fracted and corroborate.
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