† inbringv.
Obsolete. Chiefly Scottish.
transitive. To bring in (literal and figurative); to introduce; to adduce; to induce, cause to come; in Scots Law, to bring in by legal authority, to produce in court, to confiscate (the goods of a condemned criminal).
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the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > introduce or bring something in [verb (transitive)]
inbringc1000
induce1401
to bring up1484
invect1548
introduce1559
inject1639
usher1679
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > bring in
bringc950
inbringc1000
embringc1325
inveigh1486
importa1529
introduct1570
introduce1639
in1825
wheel1970
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > give evidence of [verb (transitive)] > produce in court
showc1225
inbring1609
society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [verb (transitive)] > confiscate or sequestrate to state
forfeitc1384
cheatc1440
confisk1474
sequestera1513
confiscatea1533
publish1533
sequestrate1640
inbring1752
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Mark (Corpus Cambr.) ii. 4 Þa hi ne mihton hine in~bringan [c1160 in bringen] for þære mænigu.
c1325 Metr. Hom. 116 Bitakens tim quen lau imbroht knawing of sin.
c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. (1898) 81 Som-tyme þis Reubarb is venomous, and inbrynges deth to hem þat takys hit ouer manere.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 268 Yusgat yaim confort ye king And to confort yaim gan inbryng Auld storys.
1563 N. Winȝet Wks. (1890) II. 21 Quhoumekle calamitie is inbrocht be the inductioun of a new doctrine.
1574 in T. Thomson Coll. Inventories Royal Wardrobe (1815) 200 To serche seik and inbring all our soverane lordis jowellis to his hienes use.
1609 J. Skene tr. Stat. Robert III in Regiam Majestatem 57 Ilk Justitiar or his depute, sould cause his Clerk bring in all the extracts of his Justice aire..And gif..the saidis extracts are not imbrocht: that sall be imputed to them.
1619 J. Sempill Sacrilege Sacredly Handled App. 17 Paul..proueth both to imbring and bind other persons after coming, to the performance of things by them then represented.
1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 55 Ordain all his moveable Goods and Gear to be escheat, and in-brought to his Majesty's Use.
1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 127 Ye denounce them our Rebels, and put them to our Horn, escheat, and in-bring all their moveable Goods and Gear to our Use.
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 137 His moveable goods and gear escheat and inbrought to his Majesty's use.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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