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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brook \Brook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brooked}; p. pr & vb n.
{Brooking}.] [OE. broken, bruken, to use enjoy, digest, AS
br?can; akin to D. gebruiken to use OHG. pr?hhan, G.
brauchen gebrauchen Icel. br?ka, Goth. br?kjan, and L.
frui, to enjoy. Cf {Fruit}, {Broker}.]
1. To use to enjoy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. To bear; to endure; to put up with to tolerate; as young
men can not brook restraint. --Spenser.
Shall we who could not brook one lord, Crouch to
the wicked ten? --Macaulay.
3. To deserve; to earn. [Obs.] --Sir J. Hawkins.
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