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bruit

  [broot]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to voice abroad; rumor (used chiefly in the passive and often fol. by about): The report was bruited through the village.
–noun
2. Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
3. Archaic. rumor; report.
4. Archaic. noise; din; clamor.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME (n.) < AF, OF, n. use of ptp. of bruire to roar < VL *brūgere, a conflation of L rūgīre to bellow and VL *bragere; see bray 1

Related forms:
bruiter, noun
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bruit   (brōōt)   
tr.v.   bruit·ed, bruit·ing, bruits
To spread news of; repeat.
n.  

  1. also (brōō'ē) Medicine An abnormal sound heard in auscultation.

  2. Archaic

    1. A rumor.

    2. A din; a clamor.


[From Middle English, noise, from Old French, past participle of bruire, to roar, from Vulgar Latin *brūgīre (blend of Latin rūgīre and Vulgar Latin *bragere, to bray, of Celtic origin).]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: bruit
Pronunciation: 'brü-E
Function: noun
: any of several generally abnormal sounds heard on auscultation bruitproduced by an artery>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

bruit bru·it (br&oomacr;'ē)
n.
A sound, especially an abnormal one, heard in auscultation.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Bible Dictionary

Bruit

a rumour or report (Jer. 10:22, R.V. "rumour;" Nah. 3:19).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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