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bring to terms

bring to terms verb: to compel to accept certain conditions.

Verb

bring to terms (third-person singular simple present brings to terms, present participle bringing to terms, simple past and past participle brought to terms)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To compel to accept certain conditions.
    • […] if we could have prevailed upon Spain and Prussia to have continued the war until the enemy were brought to terms […]1818, William Cobbett, The Parliamentary History of England, page 1133

Forms of bring to terms

third-person singular presentbrings to terms
present participlebringing to terms
past participlebrought to terms
pastbrought to terms

Questions about bring to terms

What does bring to terms mean?
Bring to terms means to compel to accept certain conditions.
What part of speech is bring to terms?
Bring to terms is a verb.
What is the past tense of bring to terms?
The past tense of bring to terms is brought to terms.

Words near bring to terms in the dictionary

  1. bring to naught
  2. bring to nought
  3. bring to order
  4. bring to orgasm
  5. bring to pass
  6. bring to terms
  7. bring to the hammer
  8. bring to the table
  9. bring together
  10. bring under
  11. bring up

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