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Definition of brook verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

brook

verb

NAmE//brʊk//

(formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they brook

NAmE//brUk//

he / she / it brooks

NAmE//brUks//

past simple brooked

NAmE//brUkt//

-ing form brooking

NAmE//brUkIN//

not brook something/brook no… to not allow something The tone in his voice brooked no argument. She would brook no criticism of her son.

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