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brook

1  [brook]
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–noun
a small, natural stream of fresh water.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE brōc stream; c. D broek, G Bruch marsh

Related forms:
brookless, adjective
brooklike, adjective

brook

2  [brook]
–verb (used with object)
to bear; suffer; tolerate: I will brook no interference.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME brouken, OE brūcan; c. D bruiken, G brauchen; akin to Goth brukjan, L fruī to enjoy

Related forms:
brook⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
take, stand, endure, abide, stomach.
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brook 1   (brŏŏk)   
n.   Chiefly Northeastern U.S.
See creek. See Regional Note at run.

[Middle English, from Old English brōc.]
brook 2   (brŏŏk)   
tr.v.   brooked, brook·ing, brooks
To put up with; tolerate: We will brook no further argument.

[Middle English brouken, from Old English brūcan, to use, enjoy.]
creek   (krēk, krĭk)   
n.  

  1. A small stream, often a shallow or intermittent tributary to a river. Also called regionally branch, brook1, kill2, run.

  2. A channel or stream running through a salt marsh: tidal creeks teeming with shore wildlife.

  3. Chiefly British A small inlet in a shoreline, extending farther inland than a cove.


[Middle English creke, probably from Old Norse kriki, bend.]
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Word Origin & History

brook  (n.)
"small stream," O.E. broc "flowing stream," of obscure origin, probably from P.Gmc. *broka- which yielded words in Ger. (Bruch) and Du. (broek) that have a sense of "marsh." In Sussex and Kent, it means "water-meadow," and in plural, "low, marshy ground."

brook  (v.)
"to endure," O.E. bruccan "use," from P.Gmc. *bruk- "to make use of, enjoy" (cf. Ger. brauchen "to use"), from PIE base *bhrug- "to make use of, have enjoyment of" (cf. L. fructus). Sense of "use" applied to food led to "be able to digest," and by 16c. to "tolerate."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

Brook

a torrent. (1.) Applied to small streams, as the Arnon, Jabbok, etc. Isaiah (15:7) speaks of the "book of the willows," probably the Wady-el-Asha. (2.) It is also applied to winter torrents (Job 6:15; Num. 34:5; Josh. 15:4, 47), and to the torrent-bed or wady as well as to the torrent itself (Num. 13:23; 1 Kings 17:3). (3.) In Isa. 19:7 the river Nile is meant, as rendered in the Revised Version.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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