brook
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Is brook a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive, formal, chiefly in the negative) To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate.Examples: "brook no refusal"; "I will not brook any disobedience."; "I will brook no impertinence."Synonyms: abear, abide, aby, accept, allow, bear, bide, brookformaltransitive
2. (transitive, now chiefly Scotland) To enjoy the use of; make use of; profit by; to use, enjoy, possess, or hold.Examples: "Yea, my Lord: how brooks your Grace the ayre, / After your late toſſing on the breaking Seas?"; "The girl’s spirit would brook a husband under no such conditions: she was not minded to run forward because Pen chose to hold out the handkerchief, and her tone, in reply to Arthur, showed her determination to be independent."Synonyms: apply, employ, utilizeScotlandtransitive
3. (transitive, obsolete) To earn; deserve.Synonyms: brook, deserve, earn, garner, merit, reap, win, be worthy ofobsoletetransitive
noun (English)
1. (Sussex, Kent) A water meadow.Kent
2. (Sussex, Kent, in the plural) Low, marshy ground.Kentin-plural
Definition source: Wiktionary