"bring to bed" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: brings to bed [present, singular, third-person], bringing to bed [participle, present], brought to bed [participle, past], brought to bed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|bring<,,brought,brought> to bed}} bring to bed (third-person singular simple present brings to bed, present participle bringing to bed, simple past and past participle brought to bed)
  1. (archaic, usually in the passive voice) To deliver of a child. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-bring_to_bed-en-verb-edyvTSbr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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