fract
/fɹækt/
fract verb: to break; to violate.
Verb
fract (third-person singular simple present fracts, present participle fracting, simple past and past participle fracted)
- To break; to violate.
- Hoſt[ess]. As euer you come of women, come in quickly to ſir Iohn: A poore heart, hee is ſo ſhak’d of a burning quotidian Tertian, that it is moſt lamentable to behold. Sweet men, come to him. / Nym. The King hath run bad humors on the Knight, that’s the euen of it. / Piſt[ol]. Nym, thou haſt ſpoke...1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
Forms of fract
| third-person singular present | fracts |
|---|---|
| present participle | fracting |
| past participle | fracted |
| past | fracted |
Origin of fract
From Latin frāctus, past participle of frangere (“to break”).
Words formed from fract
Words that rhyme with fract
Questions about fract
- What does fract mean?
- Fract means to break; to violate.
- What part of speech is fract?
- Fract is a verb.
- How do you pronounce fract?
- Fract is pronounced /fɹækt/.
- What is the past tense of fract?
- The past tense of fract is fracted.
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