US /fɛt/ UK /fet/
verb

Meanings

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    verb

    archaic or dialectal: to fetch or bring

    Go fet the water from the well, the old song says.

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Synonyms
1 verb · archaic or dialectal: to... fetchbringretrieveget
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Related forms fetch

Etymology

An archaic or dialectal variant of fetch, from Old English fetian, feccan ('to bring, fetch'), probably related to Old English fæt ('a step, journey') and the verb 'foot'.

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