outbring
outbring verb: to bring out; deliver; utter; express.
Verb
outbring (third-person singular simple present outbrings, present participle outbringing, simple past and past participle outbrought)
- To bring out; deliver; utter; express.
- All these, with many more, she deftly wrought Into gay wreaths and posies passing fair; Then from the inner sacristy outbrought Vases of simplest clay, but shapes most rare, And round the statue's base, as quick as thought, [...]1873, Alfred Austin, Madonna's child
- Whose breath of mouth divine, Of old from the deep gulf outbrought me, And who all beautiful outwrought me.1874, Thomas Bruce, The summer queen
Examples of outbring in a sentence
- And then Sir Launcelot said: Now have good day, my lord the king, for wit you well ye win no worship at these walls; and if I would my knights outbring, there should many a man die.1900, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur: Volume 4:
- We utter or outbring acts; the word of God produced creatures.1901, Anne Judith Penny, An introduction to the study of Jacob Boehme's writings:
- Souls have grown seers, and thought outbrings The mournful many-sidedness of things With foes as friends, enfeebling ires And fury-fires by gaingiving!1914, Louis Freeland Post, Alice Thacher Post, Stoughton Cooley, The Public: A journal of democracy: Volume 17:
Forms of outbring
| third-person singular present | outbrings |
|---|---|
| present participle | outbringing |
| past participle | outbrought |
| past | outbrought |
Origin of outbring
From Middle English outbringen, outebringen, from Old English ūtbrengan (“to bring out”), equivalent to out- + bring. Cognate with Dutch uitbrengen (“to release, launch, bring out, utter”), German ausbringen (“to propose, give, space out”), Swedish utbringa (“to propose”).
Words formed from outbring
Questions about outbring
- What does outbring mean?
- Outbring means to bring out; deliver; utter; express.
- How do you use outbring in a sentence?
- And then Sir Launcelot said: Now have good day, my lord the king, for wit you well ye win no worship at these walls; and if I would my knights outbring, there should many a man die.
- What part of speech is outbring?
- Outbring is a verb.
- What is the past tense of outbring?
- The past tense of outbring is outbrought.
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