The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bruit \Bruit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bruited; p. pr. & vb. n. Bruiting.] To report; to noise abroad.
I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited.
--Shak.
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vb. (present participle of bruit English)
Usage examples of "bruiting".
I said I suspected Lleland or his people were bruiting it about, and that I'd gone up to New York to try to spare Mr.
Your slavish yearnings seem disgusting and truly insolent, and you show a gracelessness in bruiting them about.
As he took John Willet's view of the matter in regard to the propriety of not bruiting the tale abroad, unless the spirit should appear to him again, in which case it would be necessary to take immediate counsel with the clergyman, it was solemnly resolved that it should be hushed up and kept quiet.
As he took John Willet's view of the matter in regard to the propriety of not bruiting the tale abroad, unless the spirit should appear to him again, in which case it would be necessary to take immediate counsel with the clergyman, it was solemnly resolved that it should be hushed up and kept quiet.
In headier times, when the palm flourishes and the dates hang heavy and sweet, a second interest keeps a man from bruiting the price of dates over his second helping of date-nut pudding and being a bore to his guests.