abrook

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US/əˈbɹʊk/

verb

To brook; to endure.

First used late 16th c.Scrabble 12
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Meanings

verbabrook (third-person singular simple present abrooks, present participle abrooking, simple past and past participle abrooked)

present singular third person abrooks · participle present abrooking · participle past abrooked · past abrooked

  1. To brook; to endure.First known use late 16th c.

    […] / 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

Origin

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with abrook

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Anagrams

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APA

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“abrook.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abrook. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “abrook,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abrook.

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