inbreed, v.
(ɪnˈbriːd)
Also imbreed.
[f. in-1 + breed v.]
1. trans. To breed, engender, or produce within.
| 1599 Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) 83 These Iesuites..endeavour..to imbreed that fiercenesse and obstinacie in their schollers. 1641 Milton Ch. Govt. ii. Introd., To in⁓breed and cherish in a great people the seeds of vertu, and publick civility. 1647 N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. i. lxii. (1739) 121 The first and last Heresy that ever troubled this Island, was imbred by Pelagius. 1847 Clough Life & Duty 49 Perplexing these that sleep, and in their folly Imbreeding doubt and sceptic melancholy. 1879 M. D. Conway Demonol. II. iv. xxiv. 293 The Church..not wishing to imbreed in the popular mind a sceptical habit. |
† 2. To breed, bring up, or train in a course of action. Obs. rare.
| 1610 Holland Camden's Brit. ii. 39 Inbread and nuzeled in warlick exercises or robberies rather. |