Break"fast (?), n. [Break + fast.]

1. The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal.

A sorry breakfast for my lord protector. Shak.

2. A meal after fasting, or food in general.

The wolves will get a breakfast by my death.Dryden. Dryden.

Break"fast ", v. i. [imp. & p. p. breakfasted; p. pr. & vb. n.Breakfasting.] To break ones fast in the morning; too eat the first meal in the day."

First, sir, I read, and then I breakfast.Prior. Prior.

Break"fast , v. t. To furnish with breakfast. Milton.

-- Webster's unabridged 1913