bruit (brūt)
tr.v., bruit·ed, bruit·ing, bruits.
To spread news of; repeat.

n.

1. (also brū'ē) Medicine. An abnormal sound heard in auscultation.
2. Archaic.
   1. A rumor.
   2. A din; a clamor.

[From Middle English, noise, from Old French, past participle of bruire, to roar, from Vulgar Latin *brūgīre (blend of Latin rūgīreVulgar Latin *bragere, to bray , of Celtic origin).]

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