BRING

verb (brought; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ~an; akin to Old High German ~an to ~, Welsh hebrwng to accompany Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to convey, lead, carry, or cause to come along with one toward the place from which the action is being regarded, to cause to be, act, or move in a special way: as, attract , persuade , induce , force , compel , to cause to come into a particular state or condition , escort , accompany , to bear as an attribute or characteristic , to cause to exist or occur: as, to be the occasion of , to result in , institute , adduce , prefer , to procure in exchange ; sell for, intransitive verb yield , produce , ~er noun