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bruit

  [broot]
Use bruited in a Sentence
–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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