(old).To procure; to PANDER (q.v.): cf. BREAK (or BROKE) = to deflower.
1598. SHAKESPEARE, Alls Well that Ends Well, iii. 5.
And BROKES with all that can, in such a suit, | |
Corrupt the tender honour of a maid. |
1612. BEAUMONT and FLETCHER, The Coxcomb, ii. And I shall hate my name, worse than the matter, for this base BROKING.
1655. FANSHAWE, Lusiad, ix. 44.
But we do want a certain necessary | |
Woman, to BROKE between them, Cupid said. |