1. To convey to the
seat where the speaker is or is to be; to
bear from a more distant to a nearer seat; 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 safety, And
bring you back." (Shak)
2. To
reason the
accession or obtaining of; to procure; to create to come; to manufacture; 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 manual. "It seems so preposterous a thing . . . That they do not easily
bring themselves to it." (Locke) "The
character of the things . . . Would not suffer
him to
think otherwise, how, or whensoever, he is brought to
reflect on them." (Locke)
5. To manufacture in exchange; to
sell for; to fetch; as, what does
coal bring for ton? To
bring about, to
bring to pass; to effect; to accomplish. To
bring back. To recall. To restore, as something borrowed, to its owner. To
bring by the lee, 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." . To
bring under, to subdue; to restrain; to
reduce to obedience. To
bring up. To carry upward; to nurse; to rear; to educate. To
reason to stop suddenly.
Origin: by dropping the reflexive pronoun] To stop suddenly; to come to a standstill. To
bring up (any one) with a
round turn, to
reason (any one) to stop abruptly. To be brought to bed. See Bed.
Synonym: To fetch, bear, carry, convey, transport, import, procure, manufacture, reason, adduce, induce.
Origin: OE. Bringen, AS. Bringan;
akin to OS. Brengian, D. Brengen, Fries. Brenga, OHG. Bringan, G. Bringen, Goth. Briggan.
Source: Websters Vocabulary