FORTH

v. prep. n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

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. Shak. I repeated the Ave Maria; the inquisitor bad me say forth; I said I was taught no more. Strype.

2.
v.

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.
v.

Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out. I have no mind of feasting forth to-night. Shak.

4.
v.

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.

5.
prep.

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

6.
n.

A way; a passage or ford. [Obs.] Todd.


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