1. United States literary critic and historian (1886-1963)
   - Van Wyck Brooks

1. A natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
   "the brook dried up every summer";
   - creek

1. Put up with something or somebody unpleasant
   "The new secretary had to brook a lot of unprofessional remarks";
   - digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, abide, suffer, put up

Type of: allow, countenance, let, literary critic, permit, stream, watercourse

Encyclopedia: Brooks, Martha