English Explanatory Dictionary

forthbring

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To bring forth; bring out; produce.

Word forms

forthbring forthbrings forthbringing forthbrought

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English forthbringen, from Old English forþbringan (“to bring forth, produce, bring to pass, accomplish, bring forward, adduce, quote”), from Proto-West Germanic *forþbringan (“to bring forth”); equivalent to forth- + bring. Cognate with Dutch voortbrengen (“to produce, generate, create”), German fortbringen (“to carry forth, carry away”).

Related words

forthbringer
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