bring before (call attention Copy link Outline 1. dēfĕro, 3.2. rĕfĕro, 3 (esp. of laying a matter before the senate)3. prōdūco, 3 • bring before (call attention to): 1. dēfĕro, 3.: the affair was brought before the council, res ad consilium delata est, Caes. 2. rĕfĕro, 3 (esp. of laying a matter before the senate): to b. a matter before the senate, rem ad senatum r., Sall.: the matter was again brought b. the senate, relata ex integro res ad senatum, Liv. 3. prōdūco, 3: to b. anyone b. a court of law, aliquem in judicium p., Cic. Phr.: to b. a proposal before the people, legem, rem, ad populum ferre (not referre; v. supr. 2): also rogare, of measures brought before the people by tribunes: Liv.: to b. a man b. the praetor, hominem in jus rapere (whereas vocare is simply to summon), Hor.