BROOKS

Brooks, Van Wyck Brooks

(noun) United States literary critic and historian (1886-1963)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

brooks

plural of brook

Verb

brooks

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brook

Anagrams

• bokors, obroks

Proper noun

Brooks

A topographic surname, variant of Brook.

A male given name

A placename

A city in Alberta, Canada

A town in Georgia, United States

A census-designated place in Kentucky, United States

A town in Maine, United States

A city in Minnesota, United States

Coordinate terms

• Brooke (the equivalent female given name)

Anagrams

• bokors, obroks

Source: Wiktionary


BROOK

Brook, n. Etym: [OE. brok, broke, brook, AS. broc; akin to D. broek, LG. brok, marshy ground, OHG. pruoh, G. bruch marsh; prob. fr. the root of E. break, so as that it signifies water breaking through the earth, a spring or brook, as well as a marsh. See Break, v. t.]

Definition: A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek. The Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water. Deut. viii. 7. Empires itself, as doth an inland brook Into the main of waters. Shak.

Brook, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brooked; p. pr. & vb. n. Brooking.] Etym: [OE. broken, bruken, to use, enjoy, digest, AS. br; akin to D. gebruiken to use, OHG. pr, G. brauchen, gebrauchen, Icel. br, Goth. br, 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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