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† preˈfract, a. Obs.
[ad. L. præfract-us abrupt, stern, inflexible, pa. pple. of præfringĕre to break off before the point or abruptly, f. præ, pre- A. 4 + frangĕre to break.]
Abrupt, stubborn, obstinate, refractory.
1555Gardiner in Foxe A. & M. (1570) 1784/2 Thou wast so prefracte and stout in religion. 1597J. King On Jonas (1618) 642 Which no man could deny, that were not too prefract and obstinate. 1608Chapman Byron's Trag. iv. Plays 1873 II. 283 Still he stands prefract and insolent. |