bring forth

present singular third person brings forth · participle present bringing forth · participle past brought forth · past brought forth

1. To produce, bear as fruit.

   Their orchard brings forth magnificent fruit.

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   Gon. […]Treaſon, fellony, / Sword, Pike, Knife, Gun, or neede of any Engine / Would I not haue : but Nature ſhould bring forth / Of it owne kinde, all foyzon, all abundance / To feed my innocent people.

   1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 7

2. To give birth.

   Queen Anne Boleyn brought forth daughters but no male heir.

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   Knoweſt thou the time when the wild goates of the rocke bring forth? or canſt thou marke when the hindes doe calue?

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 39:1

   When a woman is in hard labour and cannot bring forth, they call in a magician to her aid. He looks at her and says, “ The child is bound in the womb, that is why she cannot be delivered.” On the entreaties of her female relations he then promises to loose the bond so that she may bring forth.

   1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 3, page 295

3. To create, generate, bring into existence.

   He has the ability to bring forth new ideas when they are needed.

4. To adduce, bring forward.

   Against all expectations, the accused managed to bring forth convincing evidence of his innocence.

   Synonyms: forthbring