How can I use the verb "brook"?

[- Loco by Nature -]

Definitions of brook:


a.. noun: a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a
tributary of a river)
b.. verb: put up with something or somebody unpleasant
c.. name: A female given name (rare: 1 in 25000 females; popularity rank
in the U.S.: #1454)
d.. name: A surname (rare: 1 in 50000 families; popularity rank in the
U.S.: #5133)
Can someone give an example of how I can use "brook" as a verb i a sentence?

[the Omrud]

Post by - Loco by Nature -
a.. noun: a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a
tributary of a river)
b.. verb: put up with something or somebody unpleasant
c.. name: A female given name (rare: 1 in 25000 females; popularity rank
in the U.S.: #1454)
d.. name: A surname (rare: 1 in 50000 families; popularity rank in the
U.S.: #5133)
Can someone give an example of how I can use "brook" as a verb i a sentence?

I will brook no interference with this project. I will brook no
dissent from my orders.

That means, I will not put up with or accept anything which
interferes with the project or anybody disagreeing with my orders.
It's not common and I would guess it's nearly always used in this
form, "I will brook no ..."

I brook no insolence in this unit.
- I do not tolerate insolence in this unit.

It's got nothing to do with flowing water or Herr JS Bach.

[TOF]

Post by the Omrud

Post by - Loco by Nature -
a.. noun: a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a
tributary of a river)
b.. verb: put up with something or somebody unpleasant
c.. name: A female given name (rare: 1 in 25000 females; popularity rank
in the U.S.: #1454)
d.. name: A surname (rare: 1 in 50000 families; popularity rank in the
U.S.: #5133)
Can someone give an example of how I can use "brook" as a verb i a sentence?

I will brook no interference with this project. I will brook no
dissent from my orders.
That means, I will not put up with or accept anything which
interferes with the project or anybody disagreeing with my orders.
It's not common and I would guess it's nearly always used in this
form, "I will brook no ..."
I brook no insolence in this unit.
- I do not tolerate insolence in this unit.
It's got nothing to do with flowing water or Herr JS Bach.

You may be right about the range of things it is possible not to
"brook", but

a) does anyon ever brook anything?
b) what proportion of things not brooked turn out to be "interference"


This may be another of those phrases like "bated breath: and "extend an
invitation".

TOF

[John O'Flaherty]

Post by TOF

Post by the Omrud

Post by - Loco by Nature -
a.. noun: a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a
tributary of a river)
b.. verb: put up with something or somebody unpleasant
c.. name: A female given name (rare: 1 in 25000 females; popularity rank
in the U.S.: #1454)
d.. name: A surname (rare: 1 in 50000 families; popularity rank in the
U.S.: #5133)
Can someone give an example of how I can use "brook" as a verb i a sentence?

I will brook no interference with this project. I will brook no
dissent from my orders.
That means, I will not put up with or accept anything which
interferes with the project or anybody disagreeing with my orders.
It's not common and I would guess it's nearly always used in this
form, "I will brook no ..."
I brook no insolence in this unit.
- I do not tolerate insolence in this unit.
It's got nothing to do with flowing water or Herr JS Bach.

You may be right about the range of things it is possible not to
"brook", but
a) does anyon ever brook anything?
b) what proportion of things not brooked turn out to be "interference"
This may be another of those phrases like "bated breath: and "extend an
invitation".

And 'like it or brook it' ain't happenin'.

--
john

[R H Draney]

Post by TOF
You may be right about the range of things it is possible not to
"brook", but
a) does anyon ever brook anything?
b) what proportion of things not brooked turn out to be "interference"
This may be another of those phrases like "bated breath: and "extend an
invitation".

Then again, you may just be babbling....r

[TOF]

Post by R H Draney

Post by TOF
You may be right about the range of things it is possible not to
"brook", but
a) does anyon ever brook anything?
b) what proportion of things not brooked turn out to be "interference"
This may be another of those phrases like "bated breath: and "extend an
invitation".

Then again, you may just be babbling....r

Not in my brook.

TOF

[Martin Ambuhl]

Post by - Loco by Nature -
a.. noun: a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a
tributary of a river)
b.. verb: put up with something or somebody unpleasant
c.. name: A female given name (rare: 1 in 25000 females; popularity rank
in the U.S.: #1454)
d.. name: A surname (rare: 1 in 50000 families; popularity rank in the
U.S.: #5133)
Can someone give an example of how I can use "brook" as a verb i a sentence?

We should not brook such questions, which show a remarkable
unwillingness to do even the slightest bit of research.

[Gary Williams]

We should not brook such questions, ...

We're all familiar with the essay "How I Met My Wife" (and if we're
not, we can find it easily through Google), which makes use of the
apparently large number of words in English (such as "disconcerted",
"non-plussed", "incommunicado") which exist only in the negative form,
and not in the positive.

What was interesting to me about this query was that it had not
occurred to me that there are verbs which, while not negative in form,
will accept only a negative object. Are there many of these? Enough
to write a whimsical article with?

Gary Williams

[Peter Moylan]

Post by Gary Williams
What was interesting to me about this query was that it had not
occurred to me that there are verbs which, while not negative in
form, will accept only a negative object. Are there many of these?
Enough to write a whimsical article with?

I can't answer this, but I think I know who can. Search the archives of
AUE messages for postings by John Lawler containing the words "negative
polarity".

[Donna Richoux]

Post by Peter Moylan

Post by Gary Williams
What was interesting to me about this query was that it had not
occurred to me that there are verbs which, while not negative in
form, will accept only a negative object. Are there many of these?
Enough to write a whimsical article with?

I can't answer this, but I think I know who can. Search the archives of
AUE messages for postings by John Lawler containing the words "negative
polarity".

Or the articles at his website with that in the title.

Hi, Gary!

[Gary Williams]

Post by Donna Richoux
Hi, Gary!

Hi, Donna.

As I said elsewhere, I've got a summer job with a good connection as a
benefit, so thought I'd drop in if only briefly. It's good to see so
many of the old, friendly faces, including yours.

Gary Williams

[tinwhistler]

Post by Martin Ambuhl

Post by - Loco by Nature -
Can someone give an example of how I can use "brook" as a verb i a sentence?

We should not brook such questions, which show a remarkable
unwillingness to do even the slightest bit of research.

King David may not like that one --

1752 Young Brothers ii. i, Such insults are not brook'd by royal minds.

[R J Valentine]

On Mon, 03 Jul 2006 13:33:22 -0400 Martin Ambuhl <***@earthlink.net> wrote:

} - Loco by Nature - wrote:
}> Definitions of brook:
}>
}>
}> a.. noun: a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a
}> tributary of a river)
}> b.. verb: put up with something or somebody unpleasant
}> c.. name: A female given name (rare: 1 in 25000 females; popularity rank
}> in the U.S.: #1454)
}> d.. name: A surname (rare: 1 in 50000 families; popularity rank in the
}> U.S.: #5133)
}> Can someone give an example of how I can use "brook" as a verb i a sentence?
}
} We should not brook such questions, which show a remarkable
} unwillingness to do even the slightest bit of research.

I rare to brook such questions; I'm just that pleasant. I'm not much on
brooking crossposting, though.