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put forth:

I. Phys. to stretch forth (esp. the hand):

1. usu. extendo, di, tum and sum. 3: v. TO STRETCH FORTH, OUT: with ad and acc. of the thing touched, Vulg. 2 Reg. vi. 6: also the simple verb with ut: tetendit Oza manum suam ut sustentaret arcam, id. 1 Paralip. xiii. 9: with de, (Jeroboam) p. forth his hand from the altar, ext. manum suam de altare, id. 3 Reg. xiii. 4. Fig.: to engage in any deed: to p. forth one's hand to iniquity, ext. ad iniquitatem manus suas, id. Ps. cxxiv. (cxxv.) 3.

2. mitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (post-class.): Vulg. Gen. iii. 22, xix. 10: and ēmitto, id. Ezech. viii. 3. Both verbs used fig. with in and acc., in the sense of injure, attack, violate: to p. forth the hand against (a person), manum ext. in, id. 1 Reg. xxii. 17, xxiv. 11 (the simple verb, tendo, in 1 Paralip. xiii. 19): manum mittere in, id. 2 Reg. xviii. 12: for an infliction, extende manum tuam et tange, id. Job i. 11 (cf. ii. 5, mitte manum, etc.).

II. More gen., to cause to go forth, send out; turn out:

1. mitto, and comp. ēmitto, 3: cf. Cic. Cat. 1, 11, non emissus ex urbe, sed immissus in urbem: Vulg. Joh. x. 4 (said of a shepherd), cum proprias oves emiserit.

2. Stronger, fŏras ējĭcĭo, projĭcĭo: v. TO TURN OUT. Intr., foras fĭĕri: he commanded to p. (them) forth, jussit foras ad breve homines fieri, Vulg. Act. v. 34.

III. Hence, to UTTER, PUBLISH, PROPOSE:

1. ēmitto, 3: cf. sonitum ex alto em., Lucr. 4, 696: vocem coelo em., Liv. 5, 51: a witty saying p. forth, facetum dictum em., Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 219: to p. forth arguments, argumenta em., ib. 2, 53, 214: to p. forth (= publish) a book of games, librum de arte aleam ludendi em., Suet. Cl. 33.

2. prōpōno, 3 (= publish): cf. Prop. 3, 23, 23, I puer et citus haec aliqua propone columna: Cic. Mur. 11, ediscendos fastos populo prop.: id. Agr. 2, 5, legem in publicum prop.: also said of a saying or question: another parable p. he forth to them, aliam parabolam proposuit illis, Vulg. Matt. xiii. 24: (dīco is also used in this sense): propono with in medio. rem in medio prop., Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11. (also, rem in medium proferre, id. Fam. 15, 2: vocare, id. Cluent. 28).

3. prōdūco, 3: cf. Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, nihil ab hoc pravum et perversum produci posse arbitrabantur.

4. to utter a cry, vocem dăre: cf. Vulg. Prov. viii 1, numquid non sapientia clamitat, et prudentia dat vocem suam (p. forth her voice)?

5. ēdo, 3: v. TO PUBLISH.

6. ēdīco, 3: v. TO PROCLAIM.

IV. To send forth (shoots, etc.):

1. mitto, 3: roots, radices m., Col. 3, 18; leaves, folium m., Plin. 18, 7, 10 § 5: comp. ēmitto: folia em., id. 18, 20, 49: blossoms, flores m., id. 24, 9, 38: the pass. is used for intr. of the same sense: ulmi emittuntur in ramos, id. 17, 12, 18: submitto (to send up): cf. s. tellus flores, Lucr. 1, 8: pabula tellus pascendis s. equis, Lucan 4, 411: s. humus formosa colores, Prop. 1, 2, 9.

2. gigno, gĕnŭi, gĕnĭtum, 3: whatever the earth p.s forth, omnia quae terra gignat, Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 4: v. TO BEAR, TO PRODUCE.

3. prōdūco (post-class. in this sense): cf. Vulg. Luc. xxi. 30, (of trees) cum producunt jam ex se fructum (the parallels, Matt. xxiv. 32, Marc. xiii. 28, have the intr. nascor: v. TO SPRING FORTH).

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