BROOK

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek. The Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water. Deut. viii. 7. Empires itself, as doth an inland brook Into the main of waters. Shak.

2.
v.

To use; to enjoy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

3.
v.

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.
v.

To deserve; to earn. [Obs.] Sir J. Hawkins.

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