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brook
I. \ˈbru̇k\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English brouken to use, enjoy, digest, from Old English brūcan; akin to Old High German brūhhan to use, Gothic brūkjan to use, partake of, Latin frui to enjoy
1.
a. archaic : to possess and enjoy
b. obsolete : to merit (a name or epithet); also : to bear (a name) with credit
2. obsolete : to make use of as food
3. : to put up with : endure, bear, stomach, tolerate — now usually used in negative constructions
< they would brook no interference >
< they never would brook interference >
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English brook, broke, from Old English brōc; akin to Old High German bruoh marshy ground and probably to Old English brecan to break — more at break
1. : creek 2 — in general literary use but used as a common generic term chiefly in England and New England and also in the names of streams in a few northern especially northeastern states
2. : brook trout
III. \ˈbrük\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Scots brook, bruik, from brook, bruik to soil with soot, make dirty, from Middle English (Scots) broiken to make dirty, probably from brukit, brukyd streaked with black (taken as a past participle)
Scotland : soot |