bring forth

To produce, bear as fruit.

Verb

  1. To produce, bear as fruit.
    • Their orchard brings forth magnificent fruit.
    • Gon. […]Treaſon, fellony, / Sword, Pike, Knife, Gun, or neede of any Engine / Would I not haue : but Nature ſhould bring forth / Of it owne kinde, all foyzon, all abundance / To feed my innocent people. - 1610–1611...
  2. To give birth.
    • Queen Anne Boleyn brought forth daughters but no male heir.
    • Knoweſt thou the time when the wild goates of the rocke bring forth? or canſt thou marke when the hindes doe calue? - 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 39:1:
    • When a woman is in hard labour and cannot bring forth, they call in a magician to her aid. He looks at her and says, “ The child is bound in the womb, that is why she cannot be delivered.” On the entreaties of her...
  3. To create, generate, bring into existence.
    • He has the ability to bring forth new ideas when they are needed.
  4. To adduce, bring forward.
    • Against all expectations, the accused managed to bring forth convincing evidence of his innocence.

Origin

Analytic form of the earlier forthbring.

Forms

brings forth bringing forth brought forth

Synonyms

forthbring

Related

bring about bring in bring on