broke

BROKE, v.t. [L. fruor, for frucor, whence fructus, fruit. See Practice.]

To transact business for another in trade; to act as agent in buying and selling, and other commercial business; to transact business by an agent. [This word is little used, at least in America; and English writers seem to have used it in a low sense.]

BROKE, pret. and pp. of break.