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Definition of Brooded
1. brood [v] - See also: brood
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brooded
Literary usage of Brooded
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"Thus relieved of much which has " vexed our righteous souls," we shall proceed
to further and great additions and improvements, (over which we have brooded ..."
2. Hawthorne and His Circle by Julian Hawthorne (1903)
"XIX Burnt Sienna—The Aquila Nera—A grand, noble, gentle creature—The most beautiful
woman in the world— Better friends than ever—A shadow brooded—Boys are ..."
3. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1880)
"This species occurs commonly upon the chalk, and is double-brooded. ... It is to
be taken on the wing at dusk, and is single-brooded. ..."
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