Abrook

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /əˈbɹʊk/

Origin

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

Full definition of abrook

Verb

1. To brook; to endure. First attested in the late 16^th century.

• 1591, William Shakespeare, , act 2, scene 4, lines 8-12:...
  Uneath may she endure the flinty streets,
  To tread them with her tender-feeling feet.
  Sweet Nell, ill can thy noble mind abrook
  The abject people gazing on thy face
  With envious looks, laughing at thy shame,
  ...

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• boorka