Sekirov Dictionary

brook

/bɹʊk/

verb 3
noun 2
forms 5

verb3

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(formal) To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate.
- I will not brook any disobedience.
- I will brook no impertinence.
•
To enjoy the use of; make use of; profit by; to use, enjoy, possess, or hold.
- Yea, my Lord: how brooks your Grace the ayre, / After your late tossing on the breaking Seas? — 1595
(no longer used) To earn; deserve.

noun2

•
A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
- empties itself, as doth an inland brook / into the main of waters — 1596
A water meadow, or (in the plural) low, marshy ground.

forms

brooked · brooking · brooketh · brooks · brookest

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