All 3 Uses
breach
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Henry VIII
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- Every man, After the hideous storm that follow'd, was A thing inspir'd; and, not consulting, broke Into a general prophecy, that this tempest, Dashing the garment of this peace, aboded The sudden breach on't.†
Scene 1.1breach = break or penetrate
- Our breach of duty this way Is business of estate; in which we come To know your royal pleasure.†
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- However, yet there is no great breach; when it comes, Cranmer will find a friend will not shrink from him.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(breach) break or failure
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) A less common meaning of breach is the rising and breaking out of the water by a whale.