Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who breeds or incites to quarrels: as, “no tell-tale nor no breed-bate,”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete One who breeds or originates quarrels.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete One who
breeds ororiginates quarrels .
Etymologies
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breed + bate
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Examples
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We vowed to each other, whilere, that we would keep secret our loves; But the breedbate possessed you to speak, and you spoke and revealed what none knew.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III Anonymous 1879
whichbe commented on the word breedbate
Someone looking for an argument.
May 16, 2008
dontcry commented on the word breedbate
Arabian vs Belgium?
May 16, 2008