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Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in advance; progressively; -- opposed to backward.

One who forwards or promotes; a promoter. Udall.

The act of one who forwards; the act or occupation of transmitting merchandise or other property for others.

Eagerly; hastily; obtrusively.

The quality of being forward; cheerful readiness; promtness; as, the forwardness of Christians in propagating the gospel.

Same as Forward.

To desolate or lay waste utterly. [Obs.] Spenser.

To weary extremely; to dispirit. [Obs.] Spenser.

To weep much. [Obs.]

See Forewite. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Wherefore; because. [Obs.]

Much worn. [Obs.] A silly man, in simple weeds forworn. Spenser.

pres. indic. 1st & 3d pers. sing. of Forwete. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To wrap up; to conceal. [Obs.] All mote be said and nought excused, nor hid, nor forwrapped. Chaucer.

To repay; to requite. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To forget. [Obs.] Chaucer.

p. p. of Foryete. Chaucer.

See Sforzato.

of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic, black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A, which was borrowed from the Greek Alpha, of the same form; and this was made from the first letter (Aleph, and itself from the Egyptian origin. The Aleph…

words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as in adown (AS. ofdüne off the dun or hill). (3) AS.…