BROOK
\bɹˈʊk], \bɹˈʊk], \b_ɹ_ˈʊ_k]\
Definitions of BROOK
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek.
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To use; to enjoy.
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To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young men can not brook restraint.
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To deserve; to earn.
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A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged. The term is applied in a general sense to the Pandects of Justinian (see Pandect), but is also specially given by authors to compilations of laws on particular topics; a summary of laws; as, Comyn's Digest; the United States Digest.
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A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek.
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To use; to enjoy.
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To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young men can not brook restraint.
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To deserve; to earn.
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A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged. The term is applied in a general sense to the Pandects of Justinian (see Pandect), but is also specially given by authors to compilations of laws on particular topics; a summary of laws; as, Comyn's Digest; the United States Digest.
By Noah Webster.
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A small, natural stream of water.
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To bear; to put, up with; as, I cannot brook your insolence; tolerate.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
