brook
brook is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Empires itself, as doth an inland brook Into the main of waters. Shak.
- 2.To use; to enjoy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 3.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.
- 4.To deserve; to earn. [Obs.] Sir J. Hawkins.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is brook.
- What is empires itself, as doth an inland brook Into the main of waters. Shak called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is to deserve; to earn. [Obs.] Sir J. Hawkins called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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