inbring
verbEtymology From Middle English inbringen, from Old English inbringan (“to bring in, bring to, present”), equivalent to in- + bring. Cognate with Scots inbring (“to inbring, import”), Dutch inbrengen (“to bring in”), German einbringen (“to introduce, bring in”), Swedish inbringa (“to bring in, fetch”).
1
To bring in; introduce; present; usher in; adduce; induce; cause to come in.
- Jesus Christ does not so much impart life as He inbrings life.1897, James Henry McConkey, The three-fold secret of the Holy Spirit:
2
To bring in by legal authority; produce in court; confiscate (the goods of a condemned criminal).
- Derived terms
- inbrought