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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.

Definition 2024

Forth

Forth

See also: forth, forþ, forð, forth-, forð-, and forþ-

English

Proper noun

Forth

  1. A river in Scotland that flows for about 47 km (29 miles) from The Trossachs through Stirling to the Firth of Forth on the North Sea.

Etymology 2

From fourth, for "fourth-generation programming language"; the u was dropped because the IBM 1130 operating system limited filenames to five characters.

Proper noun

Forth

  1. An imperative, stack-based high-level programming language.

Anagrams

forth

forth

See also: Forth, forþ, forð, forth-, forð-, and forþ-

English

Adverb

forth ‎(not comparable)

  1. Forward in time, place or degree.
    • Shakespeare
      From this time forth, I never will speak word.
    • Strype
      I repeated the Ave Maria; the inquisitor bade me say forth; I said I was taught no more.
    • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 13, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
      “[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.
  2. Out into view; from a particular place or position.
    The plants in spring put forth leaves.
    The robbers leapt forth from their place of concealment.
  3. (obsolete) Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out.
    • Shakespeare
      I have no mind of feasting forth to-night.
  4. (obsolete) Thoroughly; from beginning to end.
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Derived terms
Translations

Preposition

forth

  1. (obsolete) Forth from; out of.
    • John Donne
      Some forth their cabins peep.

Etymology 2

From fourth; compare forty.

Adjective

forth

  1. Misspelling of fourth.

Noun

forth

  1. Misspelling of fourth.

Statistics

Most common English words before 1923: making · towards · friends · #377: forth · fire · lost · human

Anagrams

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *furþa-, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥to-. Cognate with Old English forþ (English forth).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔrθ/

Adverb

forth

  1. forwards, forth; onward

Preposition

forth

  1. forward to, up to

Etymology

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