Etymology From Middle English *inbreken, from Old English inbrecan (“to break into”), equivalent to in- + break. Cognate with Dutch inbreken (“to break in”), German einbrechen (“to break in”).
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To break in; break into; make an incursion into; insert into; interrupt.
Its role is various: to make a claim on, to encounter, to confront, to shake, to inbreak, to erupt, to disrupt, and to disclose.2003, John S. McClure, The Four Codes of Preaching:
"You come back to inbreak again, or you bring kids to do it for you?"2004, William McCloskey, Raiders:
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Our deepest longing lies wholeheartedly in our single hearted desire for God, in following Jesus, Icon of Wisdom Sophia as he continues to INBREAK [meaning “insert itself”] in our time and in giving ourselves unconditionally for healing of the Earth.2007, Sarah McFarland Taylor, Green sisters:
Etymology From Middle English *inbreken, from Old English inbrecan (“to break into”), equivalent to in- + break. Cognate with Dutch inbreken (“to break in”), German einbrechen (“to break in”).
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A sudden violent inroad or incursion; an irruption; a breaking in.
The inbreak of self-consciousness brought out the facts of his inner life into ritualistic and afterwards into intellectual forms.1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 147: