forthbring

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verb

To bring forth; bring out; produce.

OriginMiddle English forthbringen ← Old English forþbringan ← Proto-West Germanic *forþbringan →
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Meanings

verbforthbring (third-person singular simple present forthbrings, present participle forthbringing, simple past and past participle forthbrought)

present singular third person forthbrings · participle present forthbringing · participle past forthbrought · past forthbrought

  1. obsoleteTo bring forth; bring out; produce.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
bring forthcreatedevelopevolvegin upproduceset off

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*forþbringan“to bring forth”
  2. Old Englishforþbringan“to bring forth, produce, bring to pass, accomplish, bring forward, adduce, quote”
  3. Middle Englishforthbringen
  4. Englishforthbring

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”).

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APA

forthbring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forthbring

MLA

“forthbring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forthbring. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forthbring,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forthbring.

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