Meaning of forthdraw | Babel Free

Definitions

To draw or bring forth.

obsolete, poetic, transitive

Examples

“Vpon a day as ſhe him ſate beſide, By chance he certaine miniments forth drew, Which yet with him as relickes did abide Of all the bounty which Belphebe threw On him, whilſt goodly grace ſhe did him ſhew: […]”

“Forthdrawing from his unexhausted store, 'Twas his to bid the burden'd heart o'erflow, Infusing joys it never knew before, And melting it with soft luxuriant woe!”

“Half-formed and colourless, root and stem, leaflet and leaf there slept, Their charmèd life all safe from harm by the arid kernel kept, Till gentle dews and genial rain forthdrew the swelling might, That shoots elastic from its bed of circumambient night.”

“He spoke; and from the bleeding neck the copper lance forthdrew, And threw 't aside […]”

“And Brunhild looked, and saw, with down-crushed pride, Forthdrawn from Chriemhild's robe of silken fold, A ring she knew too well and zone of burnished gold.”

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