資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Brook \Brook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brooked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Brooking}.] [OE. broken, bruken, to use, enjoy, digest, AS.
   br?can; akin to D. gebruiken to use, OHG. pr?hhan, G.
   brauchen, gebrauchen, Icel. br?ka, Goth. br?kjan, and L.
   frui, to enjoy. Cf. {Fruit}, {Broker}.]
   1. To use; to enjoy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

   2. To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young
      men can not brook restraint. --Spenser.

            Shall we, who could not brook one lord, Crouch to
            the wicked ten?                       --Macaulay.

   3. To deserve; to earn. [Obs.] --Sir J. Hawkins.