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1 definition found 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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