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brook

Pronunciation: /bɹʊk/

The English word “brook” has 5 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate.
  2. To enjoy the use of; make use of; profit by; to use, enjoy, possess, or hold.
  3. To earn; deserve.

noun

  1. A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
  2. A water meadow, or (in the plural) low, marshy ground.

Etymology

From Middle English brouken (“to use, enjoy”), from Old English brūcan (“to enjoy, brook, use, possess, partake of, spend”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūkan, from Proto-Germanic *brūkaną (“to enjoy, use”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (“to enjoy”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian bruke (“to need”), Dutch bruiken (“to use”), German Low German bruken (“to need”), German brauchen (“to need”),…

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