"forebring" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: forebrings [present, singular, third-person], forebringing [participle, present], forebrought [participle, past], forebrought [past]
Etymology: From fore- + bring. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|fore|bring}} fore- + bring Head templates: {{en-verb|forebrings|forebringing|forebrought}} forebring (third-person singular simple present forebrings, present participle forebringing, simple past and past participle forebrought)
  1. (transitive) To bring before; bring beforehand. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-forebring-en-verb-GBOZCzxw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with fore-

Inflected forms

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