v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fetched 2; p. pr. & vb. n.. Fetching. ] [ OE. fecchen, AS. feccan, perh. the same word as fetian; or cf. facian to wish to get, OFries. faka to prepare. √77. Cf. Fet, v. t. ] 1. To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go and bring; to get. [ 1913 Webster ] Time will run back and fetch the age of gold. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] He called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And as she was going to fetch it he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. 1 Kings xvii. 11, 12. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for. [ 1913 Webster ] Our native horses were held in small esteem, and fetched low prices. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To recall from a swoon; to revive; -- sometimes with to; as, to fetch a man to. [ 1913 Webster ] Fetching men again when they swoon. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. To reduce; to throw. [ 1913 Webster ] The sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground. South. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to perform, with certain objects; as, to fetch a compass; to fetch a leap; to fetch a sigh. [ 1913 Webster ] I'll fetch a turn about the garden. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] He fetches his blow quick and sure. South. [ 1913 Webster ] 6. To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing. [ 1913 Webster ] Meantine flew our ships, and straight we fetched
The siren's isle. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ] 7. To cause to come; to bring to a particular state. [ 1913 Webster ] They could n't fetch the butter in the churn. W. Barnes. [ 1913 Webster ]
To fetch a compass (Naut.), to make a circuit; to take a circuitous route going to a place. --
To fetch a pump, to make it draw water by pouring water into the top and working the handle. --
To fetch headway or
To fetch sternway (Naut.), to move ahead or astern. --
To fetch out, to develop. “The skill of the polisher fetches out the colors [ of marble ]” Addison. --
To fetch up. (a) To overtake. [ Obs. ] “Says [ the hare ], I can fetch up the tortoise when I please.” L'Estrange. (b) To stop suddenly. [ 1913 Webster ]
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