Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BROOK
BROOK, v.t. [Sax. brucan, to use, employ or perform, to eat or chew; bræcen, brecan, to break; Gr. βρυχω, to eat, to grind the teeth.]
Literally, to chew or digest, as the Fr. digerir. Hence, To bear; to endure; to support; as, young men cannot brook restraint. – Hooker. Dryden.
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