bring to terms

English

Verb

bring to terms (third-person singular simple present brings to terms, present participle bringing to terms, simple past and past participle brought to terms)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To compel to accept certain conditions.
    • 1818, William Cobbett, The Parliamentary History of England, page 1133:
      […] if we could have prevailed upon Spain and Prussia to have continued the war until the enemy were brought to terms […]
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