forthdraw

To draw or bring forth.

Verb

  1. To draw or bring forth.
    • Vpon a day as ſhe him ſate beſide, By chance he certaine miniments forth drew, Which yet with him as relickes did abide Of all the bounty which Belphebe threw On him, whilſt goodly grace ſhe did him ſhew: […] - 1596,...
    • Forthdrawing from his unexhausted store, 'Twas his to bid the burden'd heart o'erflow, Infusing joys it never knew before, And melting it with soft luxuriant woe! - 1841, Anton Schindler, in Ignaz Moscheles, editor, The...
    • Half-formed and colourless, root and stem, leaflet and leaf there slept, Their charmèd life all safe from harm by the arid kernel kept, Till gentle dews and genial rain forthdrew the swelling might, That shoots elastic...

Origin

From Middle English forthdrawen, equivalent to forth- + draw.

Forms

forthdraws forthdrawing forthdrew forthdrawn forth-draw