put forth

Verb

 * 1)  To give or supply; to make or create (implies trying or striving).
 * 2)  To extend forward (a body part or something held).
 * 3)  To advance, offer, propose (often verbally).
 * 4)  To send (someone) out, remove (someone) from a place.
 * 5)  To emit, send out, give off (light, odour, etc.).
 * 6) * 1807,, Untitled poem in , London: Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, Volume 1, p. 66,
 * Upon a leaf the Glow-worm did I lay,
 * To bear it with me through the stormy night:
 * And, as before, it shone without dismay;
 * Albeit putting forth a fainter light.
 * 1)  To grow, shoot, bud, or germinate.
 * 2)  (of a ship) To leave (a port or haven).
 * 1)  To send (someone) out, remove (someone) from a place.
 * 2)  To emit, send out, give off (light, odour, etc.).
 * 3) * 1807,, Untitled poem in , London: Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, Volume 1, p. 66,
 * Upon a leaf the Glow-worm did I lay,
 * To bear it with me through the stormy night:
 * And, as before, it shone without dismay;
 * Albeit putting forth a fainter light.
 * 1)  To grow, shoot, bud, or germinate.
 * 2)  (of a ship) To leave (a port or haven).
 * 1) * 1807,, Untitled poem in , London: Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, Volume 1, p. 66,
 * Upon a leaf the Glow-worm did I lay,
 * To bear it with me through the stormy night:
 * And, as before, it shone without dismay;
 * Albeit putting forth a fainter light.
 * 1)  To grow, shoot, bud, or germinate.
 * 2)  (of a ship) To leave (a port or haven).
 * 1)  To grow, shoot, bud, or germinate.
 * 2)  (of a ship) To leave (a port or haven).
 * 1)  (of a ship) To leave (a port or haven).
 * 1)  (of a ship) To leave (a port or haven).
 * 1)  (of a ship) To leave (a port or haven).
 * 1)  (of a ship) To leave (a port or haven).

Usage notes
In contemporary English, put forth is generally used in more formal or literary contexts.