[fetch] vb [ME fecchen, fr. OE fetian, feccan; perh. akin to OE fot foot--more at foot] vt (bef. 12c) 1 a: to go or come after and bring or take back b: derive, deduce
2. a: to cause to come b: to bring in (as a price): realize c: interest, attract 3 a: to give (a blow) by striking: deal b chiefly dial: bring about, accomplish c (1): to take in (as a breath): draw (2): to bring forth (as a sound): heave "~ a sigh"
4. a: to reach by sailing esp. against the wind or tide b: to arrive at: reach ~ vi 1: to get and bring something; specif: to retrieve killed game
2: to take a roundabout way: circle 3 a: to hold a course on a body of water b: veer -- fetch.er n
[2]fetch n (ca. 1530) 1: trick, stratagem
2: an act or instance of fetching 3 a: the distance along open water or land over which the wind blows b: the distance traversed by waves without obstruction [3]fetch n [origin unknown] (ca. 1787): doppelganger 1