bring

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. t. fetch, carry, convey, conduct; command (a price); cause, occasion. See transportation. Ant., leave.

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(Roget's IV) v.

1. [To transport]

Syn. convey, take along, carry, bear, fetch, deliver, transport, conduct, escort, lead, guide; see also accompany 1 , carry 1 , pick up 6 .

2. [To be worth in sale]

Syn. sell for, command, fetch, produce, net, return, gross, earn, yield, afford, draw, bring in, realize, take; see also pay 2 .

3. [To initiate legal action]

Syn. institute, declare, prefer, take (to court), appeal, serve, cite, arraign, summon, indict.

4. [To cause]

Syn. produce, effect, induce, make; see begin 1 , cause 2 .

Syn.- bring (in strict usage) implies a carrying or conducting to, and take , similar action away from, the place where the speaker is or will be or a place regarded as ""here'' [bring the book to me; I will take it back to the library ] ; fetch implies a going after something, getting it, and bringing it back

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.

1. convey carry, bear, transport, take, retrieve, fetch, deliver.

2. effect cause, make, produce, prompt, start, institute, induce, force, compel.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To cause to come along with oneself: bear, carry, convey, fetch, take, transport. See ACCOMPANIED. 2. To succeed in causing (a person) to act in a certain way: argue into, bring around (or round), convince, get, induce, persuade, prevail on (or upon), sell (on), talk into. See PERSUASION. 3. To be the cause of: bring about, bring on, cause, effect, effectuate, generate, induce, ingenerate, lead to, make, occasion, result in, secure, set off, stir1 (up), touch off, trigger. Idioms: bring to pass (or effect), give rise to. See START. 4. To achieve (a certain price). Also used with in: fetch, realize, sell for. See GET.