Brook Definition

bro͝ok
brooked, brooks
verb
brooked, brooks
To put up with; endure.
I will brook no interference.
Webster's New World

To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate (usually used in the negative, with an abstract noun as object).

I will not brook any disobedience. I will brook no refusal.
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noun
brooks
A small stream, usually not so large as a river.
Webster's New World
(Sussex, Kent) A water meadow.
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(Sussex, Kent, in the plural) Low, marshy ground.

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pronoun

A surnamefor someone living by a brook.

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A surname, a transliteration and normalization of Hebrew ברך (barúkh, “blessed”).

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A male given name transferred from the surname.
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A female given name of modern usage; more often spelled Brooke.

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Other Word Forms of Brook

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Singular:
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Origin of Brook

  • From Middle English brouken (“to use, enjoy”), from Old English brūcan (“to enjoy, brook, use, possess, partake of, spend”), from Proto-Germanic *brūkaną (“to enjoy, use”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrūg- (“to enjoy”). Cognate with Scots brook, brouk (“to use, enjoy”), West Frisian brûke (“to use”), Dutch bruiken (“to use”), German brauchen (“to need, require, use”), Latin fruor (“enjoy”). Related to fruit.

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  • From Middle English, from Old English brōc (“brook, stream, torrent”), from Proto-Germanic *brōkaz (“stream”), from Proto-Indo-European *mrāǵ- (“silt, slime”). Cognate with Dutch broek (“marsh, swamp”), German Bruch (“marsh”), Ancient Greek βράγος (brágos, “shallows”) and Albanian bërrak (“swampy soil”).

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  • Middle English brouken from Old English brūcan to use, enjoy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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