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brook

/bɹʊk/
verb
  1. To use; enjoy; have the full employment of.

  2. To earn; deserve.

  3. To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate (usually used in the negative, with an abstract noun as object).

    "I will not brook any disobedience.   I will brook no refusal.   I will brook no impertinence."

Synonymsapply, employ, utilize

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