Brook
Brook ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Old English brok, broke, brook, Anglo-Saxon brōc; akin to Dutch broek, LG. brōk, marshy ground, Old High German pruoh, German bruch marsh; prob. from the root of English break, so as that it signifies water breaking through the earth, a spring or brook, as well as a marsh. See Break, transitive verb]
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.
Empires itself, as doth an inland brook
Into the main of waters.
Brook ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
[Old English broken, bruken, to use, enjoy, digest, Anglo-Saxon brūcan; akin to Dutch gebruiken to use, Old High German prūhhan, German brauchen, gebrauchen, Icelandic br{not transcribed}ka, Gothic br{not transcribed}kjan, and Latin frui, to enjoy. Compare Fruit, Broker.]
1.
To use; to enjoy. [Obsolete] — 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?
3.
To deserve; to earn. [Obsolete] — Sir J. Hawkins