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Another word for brook

VERB

  1. To put up with

    Idiom:

    take it lying down

    take it

    See also:

    accept

NOUN

  1. A small stream

    See also:

    dry

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Another word for brook

NOUN

  1. See also:

    river

VERB

  1. See also:

    endure

    endure

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Sentence Examples

  • On this matter Philip would brook no opposition.

  • The streams are well stocked with rainbow and brook trout.

  • After that other people brought water from a brook and sprinkled the earth.

  • When a solemn embassy of rebuke was sent to Zurich from a diet held at Lucerne, on the 26th of January 1524, the city replied that in matters relating to the Word of God and the salvation of souls she would brook no interference.

  • When a solemn embassy of rebuke was sent to Zurich from a diet held at Lucerne, on the 26th of January 1524, the city replied that in matters relating to the Word of God and the salvation of souls she would brook no interference.

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