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brook
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: br??k, IPA(key): /b??k/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /b?u?k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Etymology 1
From Middle English brouken (“to use, enjoy”), from Old English br?can (“to enjoy, brook, use, possess, partake of, spend”), from Proto-Germanic *br?kan? (“to enjoy, use”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?ruHg- (“to enjoy”). German brauchen is cognate.
Verb
brook (third-person singular simple present brooks, present participle brooking, simple past and past participle brooked)
- (transitive, formal) To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate (usually used in the negative, with an abstract noun as object).
- 1966, Garcilaso de la Vega, H. V. Livermore, Karen Spalding, Royal Commentaries of the Incas and General History of Peru (Abridged), Hackett Publishing ?ISBN, page 104
- After delivering the reply he ordered the annalists, who have charge of the knots, to take note of it and include it in their tradition. By now the Spaniards, who were unable to brook the length of the discourse, had left their places and fallen on the Indians
- 1966, Garcilaso de la Vega, H. V. Livermore, Karen Spalding, Royal Commentaries of the Incas and General History of Peru (Abridged), Hackett Publishing ?ISBN, page 104
- (transitive, obsolete) To use; enjoy; have the full employment of.
- c. 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act III scene ii[2]:
- […] How brooks your grace the air, / After your late tossing on the breaking seas?
- c. 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act III scene ii[2]:
- (transitive, obsolete) To earn; deserve.
Synonyms
- (use): apply, employ, utilize
- (earn): See also Thesaurus:deserve
- (tolerate): See also Thesaurus:tolerate
Derived terms
- abrook
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English brook, from Old English br?c (“brook; stream; torrent”), from Proto-Germanic *br?kaz (“stream”).
Noun
brook (plural brooks)
- A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
- The Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water.
- (Sussex, Kent) A water meadow.
- (Sussex, Kent, in the plural) Low, marshy ground.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- Holcombe Brook
- Rea Brook
- Stamford Brook
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Borko, Borok, bokor, obrok
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English bro(o)ken (“to use, enjoy, digest”), from Old English br?can (“to use, enjoy”), from Proto-Germanic *br?kan?. See also brouk.
Verb
tae brook
- To enjoy; to possess; to have use or owndom of.
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runlet
English
Etymology 1
From run +? -let. Compare runnel.
Noun
runlet (plural runlets)
- A small stream or brook.
- 1876, James Russell Lowell, Among My Books:Second Series, Milton
- To trace out to its marshy source every runlet that has cast in its tiny pitcherful with the rest.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, p. 91:
- She followed the dry runlet to where a jutting shoulder formed a nook matted with briars.
- 1876, James Russell Lowell, Among My Books:Second Series, Milton
Etymology 2
From Middle English roundelet, from Old French rondelet (“roundlet”). More at roundlet.
Noun
runlet (plural runlets)
- (archaic) A wine measure, equivalent to 18 gallons.
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