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brooketh

brooketh is the third-person singular simple present indicative of brook.

Meaning of brook

Verb

brook (third-person singular simple present brooks, present participle brooking, simple past and past participle brooked)

  1. (formal, transitive) To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate.
    • brook no refusal
  2. (transitive, otherwise Scotland) To enjoy the use of; make use of; profit by; to use, enjoy, possess, or hold.
    • Yea, my Lord: how brooks your Grace the ayre, / After your late toſſing on the breaking Seas?1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...
    Synonyms:
    apply, employ, utilize, use
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To earn; deserve.
    Synonyms:
    deserve, earn, garner, merit, reap, win, be worthy of

See all 19 meanings of brook

Origin of brooketh

brook + -eth

Questions about brooketh

What is brooketh the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Brooketh is the third-person singular simple present indicative of brook.

Words near brooketh in the dictionary

  1. Brookenses
  2. Brooker
  3. brookes
  4. Brookesian
  5. brookest
  6. brooketh
  7. Brookfield
  8. Brookfield Center
  9. Brookfields
  10. Brookhart
  11. Brookharts

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