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house⋅bro⋅ken

  [hous-broh-kuhn]
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–adjective
(of a pet) trained to avoid excreting inside the house or in improper places.
Origin:
1895–1900; house + broken
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house⋅break

  [hous-breyk]
–verb (used with object), -broke, -bro⋅ken, -break⋅ing.
to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
Origin:
1895–1900; house + break
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house·break   (hous'brāk')   
tr.v.   house·broke (-brōk'), house·bro·ken (-brō'kən), house·break·ing, house·breaks

  1. To train to have excretory habits that are acceptable for indoor living: housebreak a puppy.

  2. To subdue; tame.

n.  Burglary of a dwelling: a neighborhood in which housebreaks are a common occurrence.
house·bro·ken   (hous'brō'kən)   
v.  Past participle of housebreak.
adj.  

  1. Trained to have excretory habits that are appropriate for indoor living: a fully housebroken dog.

  2. Trained to be docile or compliant.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

housebreak 
1820, "to break into a house criminally;" sense of "to train a domestic animal to be clean in the house" is from 1900.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: house·break
Pronunciation: 'haus-"brAk
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form: house·broke /-"brOk/;house·bro·ken /-"brO-k&n/; house·break·ing
: to make housebroken

Main Entry: house·bro·ken
Pronunciation: -"brO-k&n
Function: adjective
: trained to excretory habits acceptable in indoor living—used of a household pet
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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