Brĭng, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. BROUGHT; p. pr. & vb. n. BRINGING.] [A-S. bringan, O. H. Ger. bringan, prinkian, N. H. Ger. bringen, Goth. briggan, bringgan, O. Sax. bringian, D. brengen, Fries. brenga, branga, brensza. The Sw. bringa and Dan. bringe are new and taken from German.]

1Sense 1. To convey to a person or thing; to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch.

And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread. 1 Kings xvii. 11.

To France shall we convey you safe, And bring you back. Shak.

2Sense 2. To make to come; to cause the accession or obtaining of; to procure; to draw in.

There is nothing will bring you more honor . . . than to do what right in justice you may. Bacon.

3Sense 3. To induce; to draw; to lead; to guide; to prevail on; to influence.

It seems so preposterous a thing . . . that they do not easily bring themselves to it. Locke.

The nature of the things . . . would not suffer him to think otherwise, how, or whensoever, he is brought to reflect on them. Locke.

4Sense 4. To convey; to move; to carry or conduct.

In distillation, the water . . . brings over with it some part of the oil of vitriol. Newton.

To bring about, to bring to pass; to effect; to accomplish. — To bring back, to recall. — To bring down, to cause to come down; to humble or abase; as, to bring down high looks. — To bring forth, to produce, as young or fruit; to bring to light; to make manifest. — To bring forward, to cause to advance; to produce to view. — To bring in, to introduce; to collect, as things dispersed; to reduce within limits; to produce, as income; to induce to join. — To bring off, to bear or convey away; to procure to be acquitted; to clear from condemnation; to cause to escape. — To bring on, to cause to begin; as, to bring on an action; to originate or cause to exist; as, to bring on a disease. — To bring out, to expose; to detect; to bring to light from concealment. — To bring over, to bear across; as, to bring over dispatches; to bring over passengers in a boat. Also, to convert by persuasion or other means; to draw to a new party; to cause to change sides, or an opinion. — To bring to, to resuscitate; to bring back to consciousness or life; as, to bring to a fainting person. — To bring under, to subdue; to repress; to restrain; to reduce to obedience; to bring beneath any thing. — To bring up, to nurse; to educate; to instruct; to rear; to raise. — To bring to (Naut.), to check the course of, as a ship, by arranging the sails in such a manner that they shall counteract each other, and keep her nearly stationary: she is then said to lie to. Used also in applying a rope to the capstan. — To bring by the lee, to incline so rapidly to leeward of the course, when a ship sails large, as to bring the lee-side suddenly to the windward, and, by laying the sails aback, expose her to the danger of oversetting.