Obs. rare. [f. as prec.] trans. To derive in a far-fetched manner.
1639. Fuller, Holy War, IV. ii. (1647), 168. It seemeth a forced and overstrained deduction, to farrefetch the name of Tartars from an Hebrew word.
1870. Lowell, Among my Bks., Ser. I. (1873), 193. There is such a difference between far-reaching and far-fetching! Poetry, to be sure, is always that daring one step beyond, which brings the right man to fortune, but leaves the wrong one in the ditch, and its law is, Be bold once and again, yet be not over-bold.
