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Webster 1913 Edition

Bring

Bring

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Brought
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Bringing
.]
[OE.
bringen
, AS.
bringan
; akin to OS.
brengian
, D.
brengen
, Fries.
brenga
, OHG.
bringan
, G.
bringen
, Goth.
briggan
.]
1.
To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be; to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch.
And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said,
Bring
me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread.
1 Kings xvii. 11.
To France shall we convey you safe,
And
bring
you back.
Shakespeare
2.
To cause the accession or obtaining of; to procure; to make to come; to produce; to draw to.
There is nothing will
bring
you more honor . . . than to do what right in justice you may.
Bacon.
3.
To convey; to move; to carry or conduct.
In distillation, the water . . .
brings
over with it some part of the oil of vitriol.
Sir I. Newton.
4.
To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
It seems so preposterous a thing . . . that they do not easily
bring
themselves to it.
Locke.
The nature of the things . . . would not suffer him to think otherwise, how, or whensoever, he is
brought
to reflect on them.
Locke.
5.
To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch; as, what does coal bring per ton?
To bring about
,
to bring to pass; to effect; to accomplish.
–
To bring back
.
(a)
To recall.
(b)
To restore, as something borrowed, to its owner.
–
To bring by the lee
(Naut.)
,
to incline so rapidly to leeward of the course, when a ship sails large, as to bring the lee side suddenly to the windward, any by laying the sails aback, expose her to danger of upsetting.
–
To bring down
.
(a)
To cause to come down.
(b)
To humble or abase;
as,
to bring down
high looks
.
–
To bring down the house
,
to cause tremendous applause.
[Colloq.]
–
To bring forth
.
(a)
To produce, as young fruit.
(b)
To bring to light; to make manifest.
–
To bring forward
(a)
To exhibit; to introduce; to produce to view.
(b)
To hasten; to promote; to forward.
(c)
To propose; to adduce;
as,
to bring forward
arguments
.
–
To bring home
.
(a)
To bring to one’s house.
(b)
To prove conclusively;
as,
to bring home
a charge of treason
.
(c)
To cause one to feel or appreciate by personal experience.
(d)
(Naut.)
To lift of its place, as an anchor.
–
To bring in
.
(a)
To fetch from without; to import.
(b)
To introduce, as a bill in a deliberative assembly.
(c)
To return or repot to, or lay before, a court or other body; to render;
as,
to bring in
a verdict or a report
.
(d)
To take to an appointed place of deposit or collection;
as,
to bring in
provisions or money for a specified object
.
(e)
To produce, as income.
(f)
To induce to join.
–
To bring off
,
to bear or convey away; to clear from condemnation; to cause to escape.
–
To bring on
.
(a)
To cause to begin.
(b)
To originate or cause to exist;
as,
to bring on
a disease
.
–
To bring one on one's way
,
to accompany, guide, or attend one.
–
To bring out
,
to expose; to detect; to bring to light from concealment.
–
To bring over
.
(a)
To fetch or bear across.
(b)
To convert by persuasion or other means; to cause to change sides or an opinion.
–
To bring to
.
(a)
To resuscitate; to bring back to consciousness or life, as a fainting person.
(b)
(Naut.)
To check the course of, as of a ship, by dropping the anchor, or by counterbracing the sails so as to keep her nearly stationary (she is then said to lie to).
(c)
To cause (a vessel) to lie to, as by firing across her course.
(d)
To apply a rope to the capstan.
–
To bring to light
,
to disclose; to discover; to make clear; to reveal.
–
To bring a sail to
(Naut.)
,
to bend it to the yard.
–
To bring to pass
,
to accomplish to effect.
“Trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.”
Ps. xxxvii. 5.
–
To bring under
,
to subdue; to restrain; to reduce to obedience.
–
To bring up
.
(a)
To carry upward; to nurse; to rear; to educate.
(b)
To cause to stop suddenly.
(c)
[
Verb.
I.
by dropping the reflexive pronoun]
To stop suddenly; to come to a standstill.
[Colloq.]
–
To bring up (any one) with a round turn
,
to cause (any one) to stop abruptly.
[Colloq.]
–
To be brought to bed
.
See under
Bed
.
Syn. – To fetch; bear; carry; convey; transport; import; procure; produce; cause; adduce; induce.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bring

BRING

, v.t.
1.
To fetch; to bear, convey or lead from a distant to a nearer place, or to a person; as, bring me a book from the shelf; bring me a morsel of bread. In this sense, it is opposed to carry, and it is applied to the person bearing or leading, in opposition to sending or transmitting by another.
2.
To produce; to procure as a cause; to draw to.
Nothing brings a man more honor than to be invariably just.
3.
To attract or draw along.
In distillation the water brings over with it another substance.
4.
To cause to come; to cause to proceed from a distant place, in company, or at the same time; as, to bring a boat over a river; to bring a horse or carriage; to bring a cargo of dry goods.
5.
To cause to come to a point, by moral influence; used of the mind, and implying previous remoteness, aversion, alienation, or disagreement; as, to bring the mind to assent to a proposition; or to bring a man to terms, by persuasion or argument. In this sense, it is nearly equivalent to persuade, prevail upon, or induce. The same process is effected by custom, and other causes. Habit brings us to relish things at first disagreeable; reflection brings a man to his senses, and whether the process is slow or rapid,the sense of the verb is the same. To bring to the mind any thing before and forgotten, is to recall; but the sense of bring is the same.
The primary sense is to lead, draw or cause to come; the sense of conveying or bearing is secondary.
The use of this verb is so extensive, and incorporated into so many peculiar phrases, that it is not easy to reduce its significations within any precise limits. In general, the verb bring implies motion from a place remote, either in a literal or figurative sense. It is used with various modifying words.bring back is to recall, implying previous departure, either in a literal or figurative sense.
To bring about, to bring to pass; to effect; to accomplish; to bring to the desired issue.
To bring forth is to produce, as young or fruit; also, to bring to light; that is, to make manifest; to disclose.
To bring forward,to cause to advance; to produce to view.
To bring in, to import; to introduce; to bear from remote place within a certain precinct; to place in a particular condition; to collect things dispersed; to reduce within the limits of law and government; to produce, as income, rent or revenue; to induce to join; &c.
To bring off, to bear or convey from a distant place, as to bring off men from an isle; also, to procure to be acquitted; to clear form condemnation; to cause to escape.
To bring on, to cause to begin, as to bring on an action; also, to originate or cause to exist, as to bring on a disease; also, to bear or convey from a distance, as to bring on a quantity of goods; also, to attend, or to aid in advancing, as to bring one on his way.
To bring over, to bear across, as to bring over dispatches, to bring over passengers in a boat; also, to convert by persuasion or other means; to draw to a new party; to cause to change sides, or an opinion.
To bring out, to expose; to detect; to bring to light from concealment; as, to bring out an accomplice or his crimes.
To bring under, to subdue; to repress; to restrain; to reduce to obedience; also, to bring beneath any thing.
To bring up, to nurse; to educate; to instruct; to feed and clothe; to form the manners, and furnish the mind with knowledge. The phrase may comprehend all these particulars. Also, to introduce to practice, as to bring up a fashion or ceremony; also, to cause to advance near, as to bring up forces, or the body of reserve; also, to bear or convey upwards. In navigation, to cast anchor.
To bring down, to cause to come down; also, to humble or abase, as to bring down high looks.
To bring to, in navigation, to check the course of a ship, by arranging the sails in such a manner, that they shall counteract each other, and keep her nearly stationary. She is then said to lie to. The phrase is used also in applying a rope to the capstan.
To bring by the lee, to incline so rapidly to leeward of the course, when a ship sails large, as to bring the lee side suddenly to the windward, and by laying the sails aback, expose her to the danger of oversetting.

Definition 2024

bring

bring

English

Verb

bring ‎(third-person singular simple present brings, present participle bringing, simple past and past participle brought)

  1. (transitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
    Waiter, please bring me a single malt whiskey.‎
    • a1420, The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056, “Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone”, in Robert von Fleischhacker, editor, Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie.", London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, translation of original by Lanfranc of Milan, published 1894, ISBN 1163911380, page 63:
      Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.
    • 1893, Walter Besant, The Ivory Gate, chapter II:
      At twilight in the summer […] the mice come out. They […] eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly […] on the floor.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess:
      A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed. ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’
    • 2012 August 21, Pilkington, Ed, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, in The Guardian:
      Next month, Clemons will be brought before a court presided over by a "special master", who will review the case one last time.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To supply or contribute.
    The new company director brought a fresh perspective on sales and marketing.‎
    • 1915, Emerson Hough, The Purchase Price, chapterI:
      “ […] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
  3. (transitive) To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
    • 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
      It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.
  4. To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
    • John Locke (1632-1705)
      It seems so preposterous a thing […] that they do not easily bring themselves to it.
  5. To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
    What does coal bring per ton?‎
  6. (baseball) To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.
    The closer Jones can really bring it.‎
Usage notes
  • Past brang and past participle brung and broughten forms are sometimes used in some dialects, especially in informal speech.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Onomatopeia.

Interjection

bring

  1. The sound of a telephone ringing.

Statistics

Most common English words before 1923: c. · strong · dead · #399: bring · returned · seems · soul

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch bringen, a dialectal variant of standard brengen ‎(“to bring”). Both forms were originally distinct, though related, verbs, but were early on conflated.

Verb

bring ‎(present bring, present participle bringende, past participle gebring)

  1. to bring; to deliver
  2. to take; to lead (to another place)
    Bring asseblief hierdie borde kombuis toe.
    Please, take these dishes to the kitchen.

Derived terms

  • uitbring
  • wegbring

Danish

Verb

bring

  1. imperative of bringe

German

Verb

bring

  1. imperative singular of bringen

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian bringa, which derives from Proto-Germanic *bringaną. Cognates include West Frisian bringe.

Verb

bring

  1. (Föhr-Amrum), (Heligoland) to bring

Conjugation

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

bring

  1. imperative of bringe

Scots

Etymology

Old English bringan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brɪŋ/

Verb

bring ‎(third-person singular present brings, present participle bringin, past brocht, past participle brocht)

  1. To bring.

Etymology

From Middle English bringen, from Old English bringan ‎(“to bring, lead, bring forth, carry, adduce, produce, present, offer”), from Proto-Germanic *bringaną ‎(“to bring”) (compare West Frisian bringe, Low German bringen, Dutch brengen, German bringen), from Proto-Indo-European *bhrenk (compare Welsh he-brwng ‎(“to bring, lead”), Tocharian B pränk ‎(“to take away; restrain oneself, hold back”), Albanian brengë ‎(“worry, anxiety, concern”), Latvian brankti ‎(“lying close”), Lithuanian branktas ‎(“whiffletree”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɹɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋ

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