brooking

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English

Definitions

verb

To use; enjoy; have the full employment of.
To earn; deserve.
To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate (usually used in the negative, with an abstract noun as object).“I will not brook any disobedience. I will brook no refusal. I will brook no impertinence.”

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Synonyms

apply employ utilize abide endure tolerate stand put up suffer creek stomach bear brookens brookings brookbank brookshier brookover brooksbank

Rhymes

looking cooking booking overlooking hooking rooking crooking overbooking overcooking hook hung

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