Brooked
to bear; suffer; tolerate:
I will brook no interference.
Historical Examples
A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill Alice Hegan Rice
The Negro and the Nation George S. Merriam
Night and Morning, Complete Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Land of the Burnt Thigh Edith Eudora Kohl
Prairie Flowers James B. Hendryx
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Elbert Hubbard
The Old Santa Fe Trail Henry Inman
Flamsted quarries Mary E. Waller
Nobody’s Girl Hector Malot
The Aeneid of Virgil Virgil
noun
a natural freshwater stream smaller than a river
verb
(transitive; usually used with a negative) to bear; tolerate
noun
Peter (Paul Stephen). born 1925, British stage and film director, noted esp for his experimental work in the theatre
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