to brook a name (well): to bear it appropriately, do credit to it, act consistently with it. Obsolete.
| 单词 | θ113086 |
| 释义 | the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > be suitable, appropriate, or suit [verb (intransitive)] > have an appropriate name or description (2) to brook a name (well)1587 to brook a name (well): to bear it appropriately, do credit to it, act consistently with it. Obsolete. the cap fits1754 Phrases. †to cast one's cap at: to show indifference to, give up for lost. †to come, fall under, lie in one's cap: to occur to, be in one's mind. to… |
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