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brook

/bɹʊk/

verb

Meaning

  • 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."

Synonyms

apply,
employ,
utilize