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===Pronunciation===
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# To [[brook]]; to [[endure]]. {{defdate|First attested in the late 16<sup>th</sup> century.}}<ref>{{R:SOED5|page=8}}</ref>
# To [[brook]]; to [[endure]]. {{defdate|from late 16th c.}}<ref>{{R:SOED5|page=8}}</ref>
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1591|author=[[w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare]]|title=[[s:The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth|The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth]]|section=act 2, scene 4, lines 8-12|passage={{...}} / 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, / {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1591|author=w:William Shakespeare|title=s:The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth|section=act 2, scene 4|lines=8–12|passage={{...}} / 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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Latest revision as of 03:36, 28 September 2024

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. To brook; to endure. [from late 16th c.][1]
    • 1591, William Shakespeare, The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth, 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, / […]

References

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  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abrook”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.

Anagrams

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