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Bring, Bryng, v. P. t. and p.p. brocht, broght, broight; broucht, brought, brouht, brouth; browcht, browght. [ME. bring(e, bryng(e, early bringen, OE. bringan.] To bring, in various senses.

1. tr. To convey, come with, to a place or person.(a) c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 530.
That ȝhe hym in the cite may bring That hors Ib. 2343.
Brynging so mony giftis c1420 Wynt. v. 2387.
He bad that he suld tyll hym bryng That tresoure all 1445 Misc. Spald. C. V. 283.
Bringand or sendand his … brothirs resignation 1456 Hay I. 235/33.
To bring and cary … thingis that war nedeful to thame a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 55.
I sall boid-word … bring to you heir 1482 Edinb. Chart. 167.
Bringand … ony gudis in or out at the port of Leith 1513 Doug. i. ix. 121.
Gyftis … he bad bryng with him syne Ib. ii. vi. 50.
Quhat tythingis do ȝe bryng 1529 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 6.
Strangeris bringand syk stuff to the merkat 1554 Carte Northberwic 69.
To gar bryng hayme the saiddis … bullis 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 8.
Thay sal bring to the classe paper and ink(b) 1375 Barb. ii. 574.
Quhile he venesoun thaim brochtIb. xv. 423. a1400 Leg. S. xxvi. 294.
Scho has brocht A boyst of oyle Ib. xxviii. 598. 1398 Acts I. 574.
Inglis clath brocht in the lande 1456 Hay I. 10/23.
The quhilk brocht the gude tydingis a1500 Rauf C. 902.
Bodword haue I brocht 1491 Treas. Acc. I. 182.
Til a fallow brocht the King ij wolfis in Lythgow 1496 Ib. 275.
Til a man that brocht a bare to the King in Striuelin c1515 Asl. MS. I. 248/10.
The banis of Sanct Androwe was brocht … in Scotland 1531 Bell. Boece I. p. iii.
Sindry … evill conswetudis brocht in this realme c1552 Lynd. Mon. 1782.
Than brocht thay to thame stoks and stonis a1570-86 Maitl. F. cxii. 24.
I … said I brocht it him to geif 1615 Highland P. III. 179.
That he had not broight no mony 1633 Aberd. B. Rec. III. 60.
Twa punsheones of wyne … to be brocht 1667 Ib. IV. 245.
Who brocht from the south pamphlets and little books(b) 1375 Barb. xx. 194.
I wald it war worthely Broucht thare c1420 Wynt. iii. 939.
This lume … This smyth broucht in to presand c1420 Wynt. viii. 4797.
Hys hors till hym thai browcht in hy c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 195.
The bataill broucht on bordour hard vs by 1530 Carnwath Baron Ct. 55.
Robert Smyth … browcht certane preiffis a1578 Pitsc. II. 86/13.
He … broucht witht him tuo great cannonis 1661 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 198.
That wyne be broucht to the croce in barrellis

b. With non-material object. 1456 Hay II. 30/17.
He … bringis him hame schame and dishonour c1450 Craft Deyng 73.
He bryngis to his mynd the ded c1420 Ratis R. 1401.
Hail purpos … Can gud dissert ay to thé bring a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 772.
I sal … ane end bryng 1562-3 Winȝet II. 57/11.
A gret mater … necessare to be brocht in memorie a1570-86 Maitl. F. ci. 87.
Or leistand feid ȝe on ȝou bring

2. With personal object: To convey, lead, accompany or escort.To bring to bed, to bere: see the nouns.(a) c1420 Wynt. v. 4148.
That he Sauff suld bryng thame oure the se Ib. vi. 2037.
Till bryng Hame wyth hym a lawchfull kyng 1455 Acts II. 43/1.
The … arestour bryngande him to the king 1456 Hay I. 151/32.
The cumpany that he bringis 1474 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 29.
The dekin sal bring him … befor the consale a1500 Rauf C. 65.
Thow bring me to sum harbery a1500 Bk. Chess 2180.
That he … bring ws to his kinrik and his blis 1513 Doug. ii. ii. 2.
Onto the kyng Troiane hyrdis … did bryng A ȝong man a1568 Scott xxxiv. 104.
It is ane dowbill vyce To bring the Devill on loft 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 26.
Seing that thai … will not bring hame the quene a1570-86 Maitl. F. xcviii. 72.
To bring [in] strangeris(b) a1400 Leg. S. iv. 125.
To the appostil thai brocht hym c1420 Wynt. iv. 1317.
He broucht wytht hym … Foure score off thousand Ib. vi. 568.
Out off Ergyle the Scottis He browcht 1456 Hay I. 219/11.
The noble King … brocht the lordis all prisounaris to Paris a1500 Bk. Chess 664.
He & his oist was in the castall brocht c1520-c1535 Nisbet I. 11.
Thai … brouth him to the hie preistis hous 1580 Misc. Wodrow Soc. 300.
[We] salbe … brocht hame to oure heritage 1614 Highland P. III. 171.
He has broght hame frie the twa gentilmen

3. With adverbs, as away, doun, furth, in, etc. a1500 Doug. K. Hart 36.
So wes thair nocht … micht bring Ane of thir folk away 1554 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 194.
[Thay] tuke the … warklomis and wes bringand thame away with thame 1596 Dalr. II. 128/13.
The king … ay brocht away the palme — a1540 Freiris Berw. 298.
Bring thame doun to me 1567 G. Ball. 195.
Preistis, thole to preiche, ... Or we ȝour brauling downe sall bring — a1400 Leg. S. ii. 158.
All Cristine … he gert bring furth a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 303.
He … brocht him furth boundin a1578 Pitsc. II. 217/32.
William Stewart was broucht furth of Edinburgh — c1420 Wynt. ii. 548.
Jacob … browcht in wyth him Thre scor 1497 Prestwick B. Rec. 34.
Wrangwisly he brocht in the bestiale c1500-c1512 Dunb. lvii. 8.
Sum lait at evin bringis in the moreis 1556 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 318.
The Frencheman that brocht in the first wyne a1500 Peblis to Play 101.
Ay as the gudwyf brocht in — 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 46.
The mater quhilk he had raschelie brocht on — 1570 Leslie 118.
He doubtit lest he mycht be brocht out of the waye — c1475 Wall. ii. 247.
To … bryng him wp out of that vgly sell a1500 Doug. K. Hart 397.
Bring vp the king 1547 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 128.
That all irne … be brocht vp to the Ovir Trone 1644 Tulliallan Coal Wks. 3.
To them that broucht wp the beir to Clak

4. To bring into, or out of, a state or condition.(a) 1375 Barb. v. 261.
To bryng his purpos till ending a1400 Leg. S. xxx. 542.
That wald bring me in sik blondyr c1420 Wynt. i. 41.
To … clerly bryng thame tyll knawlage Ib. ii. 1136.
Thai wald … bryng thame tyll confusioune 1456 Hay II. 47/25.
He sall … bring him fra the perile of dede Ib. 62/12.
The quhilkis … bryng his hert to sobirnes c1420 Ratis R. 1057.
To bring to purpos thin etlinge c1460 Consail Wys Man 90.
Thai … bringis men spretualy to ded c1475 Wall. xi. 63.
To cum agayne to bring thaim of bandoun 1513 Doug. i. i. 36.
And syne Cartage suld bryng ontill finale rewyne 1531 Bell. Boece II. 71.
Bringand yourself … under servitude of ennimes 1556 Lauder Off. Kings 214.
Quhilk sall … Bryng ȝow to dissolatioun(b) 1375 Barb. viii. 423.
To the Kingis pes he broucht The Forest of Selcryk 1387 Edinb. Chart. 36.
Tyl the forsayde werk be brocht tyl ende c1420 Wynt. ii. 1076.
He … broucht it tyll confusioune Ib. v. 3688.
Till quhat end we mon be browcht c1420 Ratis R. 599.
Quhill gud purpos be brocht to end Ib. 1441.
Quhen ȝouthed to eild is brocht c1475 Wall. iii. 395.
His men … he out off perill brocht 1508 Reg. Privy S. I. 243/2.
Gif his said rebellis beis nocht brocht … to his grace 1531 Bell. Boece II. 198.
Thay war … brocht agane to amite and allia 1535 Stewart 22696.
All oure barnage [sal be] into bandone brocht a1540 Freiris Berw. 209.
Hyd ȝow … quhill he be brocht to rest 15.. Clar. iv. 2090.
Of the foure thrie he broght of lyfe 1558 Misc. Wodrow Soc. 100.
In all materis brocht in debait c1568 Lauder Minor P. i. 603.
All will be brocht vnto confusioun 1572 Sempill Sat. P. xxx. 191.
His wickit barnetyme brocht him to mischeif 1596 Dalr. I. 97/20.
Thay ar brocht til extreime pouertie 1603 Philotus viii.
Blait things is sone brocht in ane blunder 1608 Highland P. III. 116.
[He] hes … broght that seruice to ane goode perfectioun 1643 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 6.
[That] the inhabitantis may be brocht to ane more Christian behaviour

b. With adverbs, etc., denoting result. a1400 Leg. S. Prol. 12.
Thai ma nocht fra thyne be brocht, Fra thai thare-in beset thare thocht c1450 Craft Deyng 149.
[That] his ill dedis … [may] bryng hyme to knaw his fragelyte c1475 Wall. iv. 719.
Gyff ȝow will help to bryng ȝon rebell downe 1558-66 Knox I. 29.
Incredulitie … bringith thame syndrie 1573 Sat. P. xxxix. 344.
God knawis … quhat he had ado … or he culd bring vs to 1579 Edinb. Test. VII. 162.
Gif God bring it fordwart

5. To bring furth (also out). a. To give birth or rise to, to produce. 1492 Myll Spect. 293/17.
Scho brocht furth be hym ij sonnis 1513 Doug. i. vii. 28.
Quhen of thar kynd thame list swarmys bryng furth 1549 Compl. 1/7.
It bringis furtht … hoilsum frute of honour 1558-66 Knox II. 104.
The Spreit … bringis furth sick good workis a1570-86 Maitl. F. xv. 84.
To bring furth bayth staig and stirk 1653 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 270.
His wyfe haweing brocht out thrie childrein

b. To bury. 1491 Cart. S. Nich. Aberd. 257.
Gif he hes nay gudis of his awin to bring him furtht … the College sal bringe him furtht on thar expens

6. To bring up, to rear or nurture. c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 2405.
Lycomeid … Had norysed him in his barnage And brocht him wp of tender age c1420 Wynt. vi. 1249.
The barne scho tuk than blythly, And browcht hym wp rycht tendyrly ?1438 Alex. ii. 96.
Sampsoun and Pyrrus … That war brocht vp of my nurtour a1500 Seven S. 2659.
He fed the ravyn … And brocht it wp quhill it couth fle c1536 Lynd. Compl. Bagsche 32.
Johne Gordoun … Quhilk in his hous did bryng me vp 1572 Sat. P. xxxiii. 133.
Wer not he is brocht vp in all gude thing [etc.] 1596 Dalr. I. 91/23.
Thay war … nurissed and brocht vp in the housIb. II. 52/13.