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bruit vb. (1 the ordinary sense; 2, 3 only in S.)
1. to noise abroad, report, rumour 1H6 II. iii. 68 “I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited.”
2. to herald with noise Mac. V. vii. 22 “By this great clatter, one of greatest note Seems bruited.”
3. “bruit again,” to echo Ham. I. ii. 127.
A Shakespeare Glossary. C. T. Onions. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1911.

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    • William Shakespeare, Macbeth, 5.7
    • William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, 1.2
    • William Shakespeare, The First Part of Henry VI, 2.3
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