bring up

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, up: To bring from a lower to a higher position.
  2. To mention.
  3. To raise or rear (children).
  4. To uncover, to bring from obscurity; to resurface (e.g. a memory)
  5. To turn on power or start, as of a machine.
  6. To check (a newly-assembled printed circuit board) for errors.
  7. To vomit.
  8. To stop or interrupt a flow or steady motion.
  9. To reach a particular score, especially a milestone.
  10. To legally charge and put on trial; to position (someone) for judgement or examination by authority.
  11. (obsolete) To level type or make it ready for printing by overlaying it.
  12. (transitive) To prepare a vein for an injection.

Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle English bring up, dissimilated from Middle English upbringen (“to bring up, raise”). Doublet of upbring.

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