Onbringing
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A bringing on; an oncome; inducing; induction.
"Should it be requisite to remove both tubes a small portion of one ovary, on the less affected side, should be preserved, to obviate the sudden onbringing of an artificial menopause with its unpleasant sequelae."
- 2 An ushering in.
"The church is God's appointed means for the salvation of the world, for the onbringing of the Millennium of peace and blessedness, and therefore must know the disease, in order skilfully to apply the remedy."
- 1 Bringing on; transportive.
"If this method of filling in the drain trenches with ashes is adopted, care should be taken that the drains are laid transversely to the slope of the ground, and that the onbringing carriers are placed just below the line of the underdrains, [...]"
Example
More examples"Should it be requisite to remove both tubes a small portion of one ovary, on the less affected side, should be preserved, to obviate the sudden onbringing of an artificial menopause with its unpleasant sequelae."
Etymology
From on- + bringing. Compare bring on. Compare also Dutch aanbrengen (“to apply, fix, put up”), German anbringen (“to install, apply, put on”).
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