English

Verb

abrook ‎(third-person singular simple present abrooks, present participle abrooking, simple past and past participle abrooked)

1. To brook; to endure. [First attested in the late 16^th century.]^[1]
   • 1591, William Shakespeare, The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth, act 2, scene 4, lines 8-12:

     […] / Uneath may she endure the flinty streets, / To tread them with her tender-feeling feet. / Sweet Nell, ill can thy noble mind abrook / The abject people gazing on thy face / With envious looks, laughing at thy shame, / […]

References

1. ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 8

Anagrams

• boorka