inbring

transitive verb

: to bring in

especially : to bring into court or to confiscate by legal process in Scots law

Word History

Etymology

Middle English inbringen, from Old English inbringan (probably translation of Latin inferre to bring in), from in, inn in (adverb) + bringan to bring

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