Definitions for: Forth


[adv] out into view; "came forth from the crowd"; "put my ideas forth"
[adv] forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward"
[adv] from a particular thing or place or position; "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; (`forth' is obsolete as in"go forth and preach")



Webster (1913) Definition: Forth, v.[AS. for[eth], fr. for akin to D. voort, G.
fort [root]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.
--Shak.

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. --Shak.

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, prep.
Forth from; out of. [Archaic]

Some forth their cabins peep. --Donne.


Forth, n. [OE., a ford. ? 78. See Frith.]
A way; a passage or ford. [Obs.] --Todd.

Synonyms: away, forward, off, onward

Try our:
Scrabble Word Finder

Scrabble Cheat

Words With Friends Cheat

Hanging With Friends Cheat

Scramble With Friends Cheat

Ruzzle Cheat



Related Resources:
animals beginning with k
animals starting with n
a letter animals