Obs. [f. L. confract-, ppl. stem of confringĕre to break in pieces, f. con- + frangĕre to break.] To break to pieces, crush.
1609. J. Davies, Christ’s Cross, in Farr, S. P. Eliz. (1845), I. 251. His vaines and nerues, that channelize his blood, By violent conuulsions all confracted.
