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Webster 1913 Edition


Forth

Forth

,
Verb.
[AS.
forð
, fr.
for
akin to D.
voort
, G.
fort
√78. See
Fore
,
For
, and cf.
Afford
,
Further
,
adv.
]
1.
Forward; onward in time, place, or order; in advance from a given point; on to end;
as, from that day
forth
; one, two, three, and so
forth
.
Lucas was Paul’s companion, at the leastway from the sixteenth of the Acts
forth
.
Tyndale.
From this time
forth
,
I never will speak word
.
Shakespeare
I repeated the Ave Maria; the inquisitor bad me say
forth
; I said I was taught no more.
Strype.
2.
Out, as from a state of concealment, retirement, confinement, nondevelopment, or the like; out into notice or view;
as, the plants in spring put
forth
leaves
.
When winter past, and summer scarce begun,
Invites them
forth
to labor in the sun.
Dryden.
3.
Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out.
I have no mind of feasting
forth
to-night.
Shakespeare
4.
Throughly; from beginning to end.
[Obs.]
Shak.
And so forth
,
Back and forth
,
From forth
.
See under
And
,
Back
, and
From
.
–
Forth of
,
Forth from
,
out of.
[Obs.]
Shak.
–
To bring forth
.
See under
Bring
.

Forth

,
p
rep.
Forth from; out of.
[Archaic]
Some
forth
their cabins peep.
Donne.

Forth

,
Noun.
[OE., a ford. [GREEK] 78. See
Frith
.]
A way; a passage or ford.
[Obs.]
Todd.

Webster 1828 Edition


Forth

FORTH

,
adv.
1.
Forward; onward in time; in advance; as from that day forth; from that time forth.
2.
Forward in place or order; as one, two, three, and so forth.
3.
Out; aboard; noting progression or advance from a state of confinement; as, the plants in spring put forth leaves.
When winter past, and summer scarce begun, invites them forth to labor in the sun.
4.
Out; away; beyond the boundary of a place; as, send him forth of France. [Little used.]
5.
Out into public view, or public character. Your country calls you forth into its service.
6.
Thoroughly; from beginning to end. Obs.
7.
On to the end. obs.

FORTH

, prep. Out of.
From forth the streets of Pomfret.
Some forth their cabins peep.