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bringing to terms

bringing to terms is the present participle and gerund of bring to terms.

Meaning of bring to terms

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

Questions about bringing to terms

What is bringing to terms the present participle and gerund of?
Bringing to terms is the present participle and gerund of bring to terms.

Words near bringing to terms in the dictionary

  1. bringing to naught
  2. bringing to nought
  3. bringing to one's knees
  4. bringing to order
  5. bringing to pass
  6. bringing to terms
  7. bringing to the hammer
  8. bringing to the table
  9. bringing together
  10. bringing under
  11. bringing up

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