Inbreeding

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inbreed \In*breed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inbred}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Inbreeding}.] [Cf. {Imbreed}.]
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     1. To produce or generate within. --Bp. Reynolds.
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              To inbreed and cherish . . . the seeds of virtue.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. To breed in and in. See under {Breed}, v. i.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inbreeding
       n : the act of mating closely related individuals