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fullbring en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English fulbringen, fulbrengen, equivalent to full- + bring. Cognate with Dutch volbrengen (“to accomplish”), German vollbringen (“to accomplish, complete”).

Meanings

  1. (archaic, transitive) To accomplish; bring about completely; complete; finish; achieve.
    • […] meaning 'to complete, to bring to a close, to execute (the preparation of ointments), to finish (metalwork), to fullbring'. Hence the title of the Book of Wisdom means, that it gives the necessary advice to complete and fulfill […] 1960, Janus:
    • What the goose but thought, that the swan fullbrought; […] 1859, Cairns Collection of American Women Writers, Philip Gengembre Hubert, The Atlantic monthly: Volume 4:

Forms

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fullbringing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
fullbrought Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
fullbrought Tense=Past lexicographic
fullbrings Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
fulbring alternative lexicographic