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An act of fetching, of bringing something from a distance.

The object of fetching; the source of an attraction; a force, propensity, or quality which attracts.

A stratagem or trick; an artifice.

To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.

To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.

Example: If you put some new tyres on it, and clean it up a bit, the car should fetch about $5,000

To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.

Example: to fetch headway or sternway

To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.

(originally Ireland) The apparition of a living person; a person's double, the sight of which is supposedly a sign that they are fated to die soon, a doppelganger; a wraith.