| forth | 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 labour 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. And so forth, Back and forth, From forth. See And, Back, and From. Forth of, Forth from, out of To bring forth. See Bring. Origin: AS. Forth, fr. For akin to D. Voort, G. Fort See Fore, For, and cf. Afford, Further, adv. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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