Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To brook; endure. See brook.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To brook; to endure.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From a- +‎ brook (“to endure”). Compare Old English ābrūcan ("to eat"). More at brook.

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Examples

  • Council S.eaker Christine Quinn said S.abrook has been referred to the S.andards and Ethics Committee. see all U.S. News stories

    Latest News - UPI.com 2010

  • Council S.eaker Christine Quinn said S.abrook has been referred to the S.andards and Ethics Committee. see all U.S. News stories

    Latest News - UPI.com 2010

  • PORTS.OUTH HERALD - A chemist for an electroplating company which boasts top-tier defense contractors as customers "knowingly and willfully falsified" the amount of toxic pollutants discharged into the S.abrook wastewater system, alleges the U.S. Attorney's office.

    Nashuatelegraph.com local, state, business and sports news 2010

  • North Myrtle Beach Planning Commission workshop, Planning Department conference room at City Hall, 1018 S.cond Ave.S. Topics: final plats for S.abrook Plantation, LLC, and wetland issues.

    TheSunNews.com: Local 2009

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