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ALL TO BREAK.—This phrase (Jdg_9:53) means altogether broke. The ‘all’ is used for altogether, as in 1Ki_14:10 ‘till it be all gone’; and the ‘to’ is not the sign of the infin., but an adverb like Germ. zer, meaning thoroughly. Thus, ‘His brest to-broken with his sadil bowe’—Chaucer, Knight’s Tale, 2759. The correct spelling (as in the original ed. of AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ) is ‘all to brake.’