abrook en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /əˈbɹʊk/ (US)
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Etymology
From a- + brook (“to endure”). Compare Old English ābrūcan (“to eat”).
Meanings
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To brook; to endure.
[…] / 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, / […]
1591, William Shakespeare, The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth, act 2, scene 4, lines 8–12:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| abrooking | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| abrooked | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| abrooked | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| abrooks | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |