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An agreement; a covenant; a promise. [Obs.] Tell us a tale anon, as forward is. Chaucer.

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.

From this time forward; henceforth.

Forward to excess; too forward. -- O"ver*for"ward*ness, n.

In a straightforward manner. -- Straight`for"ward*ly, adv. -- Straight`for"ward*ness, n.

From that time onward; thenceforth.

To approach; to come forward; -- opposed to recede. [Obs.] T. Gale.

To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege. Reasons . . . were adduced on both sides. Macaulay. Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of illustration. De Quincey.

The act of adducing or bringing forward. An adduction of facts gathered from various quarters. I. Taylor.

To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

n fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror. He looks behind him with affright, and forward with despair. Goldsmith.

Before; in front of; farther forward than; as, afore the windlass. Afore the mast, among the common sailors; -- a phrase used to distinguish the ship's crew from the officers.

To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact.

In a line, or with a progressive motion; onward; forward. We will go along by the king's highway. Numb. xxi. 22. He struck with his o'ertaking wings, And chased us south along. Coleridge.

is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca.