The difference between Abide and Brook
When used as verbs, abide means to endure without yielding, whereas brook means to use.
Brook is also noun with the meaning: a body of running water smaller than a river.
check bellow for the other definitions of Abide and Brook
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Abide as a verb (transitive):
To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere.
Examples:
"The old oak tree abides the wind endlessly."
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Abide as a verb (transitive):
To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand.
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Abide as a verb (transitive):
To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for.
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Abide as a verb:
Examples:
"The new teacher was strict and the students did not want to abide by his rules."
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Abide as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To wait in expectation.
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Abide as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To pause; to delay.
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Abide as a verb (intransitive, archaic):
To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.
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Abide as a verb (intransitive, archaic):
To have one's abode; to dwell; to reside; to sojourn.
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Abide as a verb (intransitive, archaic):
To endure; to remain; to last.
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Abide as a verb (transitive, archaic):
To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.
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Abide as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.
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Abide as a verb (transitive, archaic):
To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.
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Brook as a verb (transitive, obsolete, except in Scots):
To use; enjoy; have the full employment of.
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Brook as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To earn; deserve.
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Brook as a verb (transitive):
To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate (usually used in the negative, with an abstract noun as object).
Examples:
"I will not brook any disobedience.   I will brook no refusal.   I will brook no impertinence."
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Brook as a noun:
A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
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Brook as a noun (Sussex, Kent):
A water meadow.
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Brook as a noun (Sussex, Kent, in the plural):
Low, marshy ground.