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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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Brook

Brook\, n. [OE. brok, broke, brook, AS. br[=o]c; akin to D. broek, LG. br[=o]k, marshy ground, OHG. pruoh, G. bruch marsh; prob. fr. the root of E. break, so as that it signifies water breaking through the earth, a spring or brook, as well as a marsh. See Break, v. t.] A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek.

The Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water. --Deut. viii. 7.

Empires itself, as doth an inland brook Into the main of waters. --Shak.

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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Language Translation for : brook
Spanish: arroyo,
German: der Bach,
Japanese: 小川
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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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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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