bring forth
Verb

bring forth

  1. To produce, bear as fruit.
    Their orchard brings forth magnificent fruit.
    • 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act II, scene i], page 7 ↗, column Gon.}} […] Treaſon, fellony, / Sword, Pike, Knife, Gun, or neede of any Engine / Would I not haue : but Nature ſhould bring forth / Of it owne kinde, all foyzon, all abundance / To feed my innocent people.:
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  2. To give birth.
    Queen Anne Boleyn brought forth daughters but no male heir.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Job 39:1 ↗:
      Knoweſt thou the time when the wild goates of the rocke bring forth? or canſt thou marke when the hindes doe calue?
  3. To create, generate, bring into existence.
    He has the ability to bring forth new ideas when they are needed.
  4. To adduce, bring forward.
    Against all expectations, the accused managed to bring forth convincing evidence of his innocence.
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