† forthbearv.
Obsolete.
transitive.
a. In Old English: To bring forth, produce.
ΚΠ
c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) i. vii. 34 Þone æðelan Albanum seo wæstmberende Bryton forðbereð.
b. To bear forth, bring out.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > bring out
outbringeOE
forthbringc1000
upbringa1250
forthbearc1305
to lug out1723
out1907
c1305 St. Edmund King 85 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 89 Þe wolf makede þo deol ynouȝ, þo hi þat heued forþþere.
c. To promote, uphold.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > promotion or help forward > promote or help forward (a person, plan, etc.) [verb (transitive)]
furtherc888
fremeOE
filsenc1175
fosterc1175
speeda1240
theec1250
advancec1300
upraisea1340
increasec1380
forthbearc1400
exploit?a1439
aid1502
to set forward(s)1530
farther1570
facilite1585
to set forthward1588
forward1598
facilitate1599
accommodate1611
succeed1613
bespeed1615
to set (a person) on (also upon) his (also her, etc.) legs1632
subserve1645
push1758
support1779
leg up1817
c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. (1898) 55 Ouer alle þinges it fallys to a kynge..to forthbere religious men.
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