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Break one's fast

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To eat breakfast; to eat the first meal of the day after a night of not eating or to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food. dated

    "His servant placed before him a slice of toasted bread, with a glass of fair water, being the fare on which he usually broke his fast."

  2. 2
    To conclude any period of intentional fasting (usually for religious or medical reasons) by consuming food.

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