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Webster 1913 Edition

Froward

Fro′ward

,
Adj.
[
Fro
+
-ward
. See
Fro
, and cf.
Fromward
.]
Not willing to yield or compIy with what is required or is reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish;
as, a
froward
child
.
A
froward
man soweth strife.
Prov. xvi. 28.
–
Fro′ward-ly
,
adv.
–
Fro′ward-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Froward

FRO'WARD

,
Adj.
[L. versus: turned or looking from.]
Perverse, that is, turning from, with aversion or reluctance; not willing to yield or comply with what is required; unyielding; ungovernable; refractory; disobedient; peevish; as a froward child.
They are a very froward generation, children in whom is no fair. Deut. 32.

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