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† forthˈbring, v. Obs. [OE. forðbringan, f. forth adv. + bringan to bring.] trans. = bring forth in various senses: a. To bear (offspring, fruit); to bring to pass.b. To bring forward; to bring out, utter. c. To bring up, rear. a.971Blickl. Hom. 37 Ealle þa wæstmas þe eorþe forþ⁓bringeþ. a1300Cursor M. 384 Þe dri [he] cald erth þat lauerd kyng, and bad it gress and frut forthbring. Ibid. 10722 Of rote of iesse þar suld spring A wand þat suld a flur forth bring. 1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 5866 Sons and doghtirs þat þai forthebroght. c1460Towneley Myst. (Surtees) 1 After my wille this is furth broght. b.c1000Ags. Gosp. Luke vi. 45 Yfel man of yfelum goldhorde yfel forþbringþ. c1305St. Edmund Conf. 570 in E.E.P. (1862) 86 He sat longe in þoȝte, & al laȝinge an englisch þuse wordes forþ broȝte. c1325Songe of Deo Gracias 5 ibid. 124, I seiȝ a clerk a boke forthe brynge. c1425Seven Sag. (P.) 3116 The childe was forthe broght. c.c1430Syr Gener. 879 From a childe she him forth broght. Hence forthˈbringing vbl. n., the action of the vb.; † esp. the carrying forth of a body for burial. Also forthˈbringer, one who, or that which, brings forth or produces.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. viii. i. (1495) 296 Though the worlde seme fader and forthbrynger and feder of bodyes. 1429Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees 1835) 78, I wylle yat eu'y prest seculer..haue..to be at my dirges and forthbryngyng j noble. 1546Bale Eng. Votaries i. (1548) 17 b, Saynt Kentigerne..had..a fayre mayde to his forthebrynger. 1584Lanc. & Chesh. Wills (1884) 98 After my forth bringinge, the rest of my goodes to be devided equaly to my wif and Children. 1874Pusey Lent. Serm. 12 The forerunner and forthbringer of the next week's or next month's deadly sin. 1889Athenæum 7 Sept. 321/1 The success of the book depending so largely upon its artistic forthbringing. |