to breed in and in

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to breed in and in - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Breed \Breed\, v. i.
     1. To bear and nourish young; to reproduce or multiply
        itself; to be pregnant.
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              That they breed abundantly in the earth. --Gen.
                                                    viii. 17.
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              The mother had never bred before.     --Carpenter.
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              Ant. Is your gold and silver ewes and rams?
              Shy. I can not tell. I make it breed as fast.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to
        grow, as young before birth.
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     3. To have birth; to be produced or multiplied.
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              Heavens rain grace
              On that which breeds between them.    --Shak.
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     4. To raise a breed; to get progeny.
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              The kind of animal which you wish to breed from.
                                                    --Gardner.
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     To breed in and in, to breed from animals of the same stock
        that are closely related.
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