To bring to bed, confine. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. Chiefly in passive and frequently with of in to be lighted (of a child): to give birth (to a child). Also: to cause (a woman) to give…

To ‘bring to bed’ of a child; to deliver (a mother). Obsolete exc. dialect †Also reflexive said of the mother. (Cf. to lay in 3 at phrasal verbs.)

transitive. To place in a recumbent or prostrate position. Often reflexive (†in early use conjugated with to be). †Also, to bring to bed of a…

to bring abed: to bring (a woman) to childbirth; to deliver of a child. Also figurative. Usually in passive. Now archaic and rare.

to bring to bed, abed: formerly = put to bed; now generally passive, to be delivered of a child; also figurative (see also abed, adv.)