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To bring forth (a colt); -- said of a mare or a she ass.

irection; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend. It waves me forth again; I'll follow it. Shak.

Cf. Fore, First, Foremost, Forth, Pro-.]

narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening of a river into the sea; as, the Frith of Forth.

In certain constructions, as from forth, from out, etc., the ordinary and more obvious arrangment is inverted, the sense being more distinctly forth from, out from -- from being virtually the governing preposition, and the word the adverb. See From off, under Off, adv., and From afar, under Afar, adv. Sudden partings s…

To issue or send forth decrees or censures with the assumption of supreme authority; to thunder forth menaces.

The act of thundering forth threats or censures, as with authority.

Loud or rapid talk without meaning. Forthwith a hideous gabble rises loud Among the builders. Milton.

To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc. And with short sobs he gasps away his breath. Dryden.

To put forth in the form of buds. "Gemmed their blossoms." [R.] Milton.

That which is generated or brought forth; progeny; offspiring.

Sprouting; sending forth germs or buds.

A boiling spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud, etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam.

To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; -- used principally in the passive form given.

Granted; assumed; supposed to be known; set forth as a known quantity, relation, or premise.

To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light. Every eye Glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire. Milton.

To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.). Dying eyes gleamed forth their ashy lights. Shak.

To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter. Burns.

To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth vivid light and heat; to be incandenscent. Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees. Pope.

tion or result; to have no value, efficacy, or influence; to count for nothing. -- To go forth. (a) To depart from a place. (b) To be divulged or made generally known; to emanate. The law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. Micah iv. 2. -- To go hard with, to trouble, pain, or endanger. -…