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bred  (brd)
v.
Past tense and past participle of breed.
bred [brɛd]
vb
the past tense and past participle of breed
n
Austral slang a person who lives in a small remote place
[sense 2: diminutive form of inbred]
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bred breed
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A MAN that owned a fine Dog, and by a careful selection of its mate had bred a number of animals but a little lower than the angels, fell in love with his washerwoman, married her, and reared a family of dolts.
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For as offspring resemble their parents, so usury is money bred of money.
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The result has since shown that "what is bred in the bone will break out in the flesh.
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