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Webster 1913 Edition

imp.

Bred out

degenerated.

“The strain of man’s bred out into baboon and monkey.”

Shak.

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Bred to arms

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Well bred

(a)

Of a good family; having a good pedigree.

“A gentleman well bred and of good name.”

Shak.

[Obs., except as applied to domestic animals.]

(b)

Well brought up, as shown in having good manners; cultivated; refined; polite.

pp.

of breed. Generated; produced; contrived; educated.