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bring verb trans. .
[Old English bringan (pa. t. brohte, pple broht) = Old Frisian bringa, Old Saxon, Old High German bringan (Dutch brengen, German bringen), Gothic briggan, from Germanic.]
Cause to come, come with, or convey, by carrying, leading, impelling, attracting, etc. OE.
bring-and-buy sale, bring-and-buy stall, etc.: at which customers bring things for sale and buy what others have brought. bring home the bacon: see BACON noun 1. bring into line: see LINE noun2. bring to bay: see BAY noun1 2. bring to light: see LIGHT noun. bring to mind (cause oneself to) remember. brought to bed: see BED noun.
Dryden I..shall in Triumph come From conquer'd Greece, and bring her Trophies home. Thackeray Those lines..brought tears into the Duchess's eyes. Tennyson She brought strange news. J. T. Story Finally I brought both fists down together and he fell like an axed pig. I. McEwan The narrow passage-way had brought them on to a large..square.
b. Escort, accompany on his or her way. obsolete exc. dial. LME.
Prefer (a charge); initiate (legal action); advance (an argument etc.). OE.
M. Edgeworth Arguments..brought by his companions in their..master's justification.
Produce as a consequence, cause to have, result in; be sold for (a price). OE.
Tennyson The loss that brought us pain. J. Updike Gifts bring men, men bring bullets, bullets bring oppression.
Bear (young, fruit, etc.), yield, produce; = bring forth below. ME.
Bible (Coverdale): Habakkuk 3:17 The londe shall bringe no corne.
Cause to come from, into, out of, to, etc., a state or condition, to an action; cause to become; cause, induce, persuade (usu. a reluctant person) to be or to do. ME.
bring a person to his or her senses: see SENSE noun. bring home to: see HOME adverb. bring into being cause to exist. bring into play: see PLAY noun. bring into the world give birth to, (of a midwife etc.) deliver. bring to a head: see HEAD noun 28. bring to bear: see BEAR verb1. bring to book: see BOOK noun. bring to GRIEF. bring to life: see LIFE noun. bring to pass: see PASS noun2. bring to utterance: see UTTERANCE noun2.
Bible (Coverdale): Judges 3:30 Thus were the Moabites broughte vnder the hande of the children of Israel. J. Butler Persons..by a course of vice, bring themselves into new difficulties. C. Thirlwall The prosecutors brought Demosthenes to trial first. D. W. Jerrold A woman may be brought to forgive bigamy, but not a joke. D. Lodge Some kind of physical malformation which the man could not even bring himself to describe.
Deduce, infer, derive. L16-E18.
Shakespeare 1 Henry VI He From John of Gaunt doth bring his pedigree.
Nautical. Cause to come or go into a certain position or direction. L17.
bring the port tacks aboard, bring the starboard tacks aboard, bring the tacks aboard: see TACK noun1.
Defoe Her main-mast and fore-mast were brought by the board.
With adverbs in specialized senses: bring about (a) cause to happen, accomplish; (b) complete by a revolving; (c) turn round; reverse (a ship); convert. bring back cause to return, recall, bring to mind. bring down (a) cause to fall or collapse (bring down the house, bring the house down (Theatre), get loud applause); (b) cause (a flying bird, an aircraft, etc.) to fall to the ground; cause (a penalty etc.) to fall on; kill, wound; overthrow; abase; (c) lower (a price etc.); (d) continue (a record etc.) to a point in time. bring forth (a) produce, yield, give birth to, cause; (b) utter; advance as an argument etc.; (c) bring to light, expose to public view. bring forward (a) draw attention to; (b) move to an earlier date or time, transfer from a previous page or account. bring in (a) introduce (a custom, fashion, topic, legislation, etc., a person), adduce; produce as profit or increase; (b) pronounce (a verdict; a person guilty etc.). bring off (a) rescue (arch. in gen. sense), spec. conduct away from a ship, wreck, etc.; (b) conduct successfully, succeed in, achieve. bring on (a) introduce (a topic for discussion etc.), cause, bring into action; (b) advance the progress of. bring out (a) produce, yield; (b) express, publish, make known, exhibit clearly, make prominent; (c) introduce (a girl) to society. bring over win over, convert; bring round (a) restore to consciousness; (b) win over. bring through treat or tend successfully through illness etc. bring to (a) verb phr. trans. & intrans. check the motion of; come to a stop; (b) verb phr. trans. restore to consciousness. bring under subdue. bring up (a) verb phr. trans. supervise the training of (a child) in habits, manners, etc.; be responsible for or care for to the point of maturity; in pass. also, grow up, esp. in a particular place or manner; (b) verb phr. trans. call attention to; (re)introduce (a topic etc.); cause to appear in court etc.; (c) verb phr. trans. vomit; (d) verb phr. trans. & intrans. (orig. Nautical) (cause to) come to a stop, pull up; (e) bring up short: see SHORT adverb; (f) bring up the rear: see REAR noun; (g) bring up with a round turn: see ROUND adjective. bring up to date provide with what is needed to cover the most recent developments.
bringer noun ME.