Bring

Definition of Bring

v. t.

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.

[imp. & p. p. Brought ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Bringing.]

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.

- Shak.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

To bring under
to subdue; to restrain; to reduce to obedience. - Ps. xxxvii. 5.

To bring up
a -	To carry upward; to nurse; to rear; to educate.
b -	To cause to stop suddenly.
c -	To stop suddenly; to come to a standstill.

To bring up (any one) with a round turn
to cause (any one) to stop abruptly.

To be brought to bed
See under Bed.

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