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Definition of Bring to bear
1. Verb. Bring into operation or effect. "The new members brought to bear new concerns to the U.N."
Definition of Bring to bear
1. Verb. (transitive) To aim a weapon at a target. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) (idiomatic) To apply; to employ something to achieve an intended effect. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bring To Bear
Literary usage of Bring to bear
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life and Public Services of Edwin M. Stanton by George Congdon Gorham (1899)
"... for his own instruction, and in order the more effectually to bring to bear
the whole power of the government upon the operations of the present war. ..."
2. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted: To by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"... or to administrative duties which need not be performed in Court, but in
respect of which it is necessary to bring to bear a judicial mind, ..."
3. The Growth of English Industry and Commerce by William Cunningham (1907)
"... even when stimulated by all the pressure which the Royal Commissioners could
bring to bear, rendered it necessary to fall back on private enterprise, ..."
4. A Compendium of Molesworth's Marathi and English Dictionary by Baba Padmanji, James Thomas Molesworth (1863)
"That originally instigates an act; author. 2 That occasions. v. с. Poet. To apply
or address ; to bring to bear ; to set against, at, upon, on. ..."
5. Annals of British Legislation: Being a Classified and Analysed Summary of edited by Leone Levi (1862)
"... and what amount of coercive power South Carolina will bring to bear upon the
masters of vessels, or the consignees of cargoes, are facts which may have ..."
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