to bring (a person) to book

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• Book — n. & v. n. 1 a a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers. b a literary composition intended for publication (is working on her book). 2 a bound set of blank sheets for writing or… …   Useful english dictionary

• book — n. & v. n. 1 a a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers. b a literary composition intended for publication (is working on her book). 2 a bound set of blank sheets for writing or… …   Useful english dictionary

• bring — [briŋ] vt. brought, bringing [ME bringen < OE bringan < IE base * bhrenk , *bronk > Welsh he brwng, to bring, lead] 1. to carry or lead (a person or thing) to the place thought of as “here” or to a place where the speaker will be [bring… …   English World dictionary

• Book of Daniel —     Book of Daniel     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Book of Daniel     In the Hebrew Bible, and in most recent Protestant (Protestantism) versions, the Book of Daniel is limited to its proto canonical portions. In the Septuagint, the Vulgate, and… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Book of Nehemiah —     Book of Nehemiah     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Book of Nehemiah     Also called the second Book of Esdras (Ezra), is reckoned both in the Talmud and in the early Christian Church, at least until the time of Origen, as forming one single book… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Bring Us Together — Vicki Lynne Cole with a recreation of her sign, 1969 Inaugural Parade Date October 1968 – January 1969 Location Deshler, Ohio – Washington D.C. Participants Vicki Lynne Cole …   Wikipedia

• book — [book] n. [ME bok < OE boc, pl. bec < PGmc * bokiz, beech, beechwood tablets carved with runes < IE * bhagos, beech > BEECH, Gr phagos, L fagus] 1. a) a number of sheets of paper, parchment, etc. with writing or printing on them,… …   English World dictionary

• Bring Forth the Body — is Volume IX of the novel sequence Alms for Oblivion by Simon Raven, published in 1974. It was the ninth novel to be published in The Alms for Oblivion sequence and is also the ninth novel chronologically. The story takes place in England in 1972 …   Wikipedia

• book — I n. 1) to bring out, publish, put out; write a book 2) to ban; censor; copyright; dedicate, inscribe; edit; expurgate; pirate; proofread; review; revise; translate a book 3) to bind a book 4) to set a book in type 5) to charge, check a book (out …   Combinatory dictionary

• book — bookless, adj. booklike, adj. /book/, n. 1. a written or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers. 2. a number of sheets of blank or ruled paper bound together for writing,… …   Universalium

• book — /bʊk / (say book) noun 1. a written or printed work of some length, as a treatise or other literary composition, especially on consecutive sheets fastened or bound together. 2. a number of sheets of writing paper bound together and used for… …