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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

forthbring en · VERB

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) To bring forth; bring out; produce.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
forthbrought Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
forthbrought Tense=Past lexicographic
forthbrings Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
forthbringing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

forthbringer