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Forth   /fɔrθ/   Listen
Forth

adverb
1.
From a particular thing or place or position ('forth' is obsolete).  Synonyms: away, off.  "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" , "Go forth and preach"
2.
Forward in time or order or degree.  Synonyms: forward, onward.  "From the sixth century onward"
3.
Out into view.  "Put my ideas forth"
noun
1.
A river in southern Scotland that flows eastward to the Firth of Forth.  Synonym: Forth River.



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"Forth" Quotes from Famous Books



... "'Bring forth fruits meet for repentance.' I am rich enough to give sound advice," said the brusque old physician, ...
— Barriers Burned Away • E. P. Roe
... swift and very testing temptation to cling, with a sticky hand, to the hard and shining corner. The third division was the end of the nursery table where one was again tempted to give the corner a final clutch before passing forth into the void. After this there was nothing, no rest, no ...
— The Golden Scarecrow • Hugh Walpole
... though its chief value is in helping the children to see clearly. Their efforts will be crude but the teacher should constantly keep in mind that the chief aim is not to obtain fine sketches. Its purpose is to help the children to a better appreciation of the plant through the effort put forth in making the sketch. The technique of the drawing should be emphasized only so far as it will help them express better what they see, and not to the point where they attempt to copy the teacher's strokes. The teacher ...
— Primary Handwork • Ella Victoria Dobbs
... pealing forth their changes, made the very air spin. Put 'em down, Put 'em down! Good old Times, Good old Times! Facts and Figures, Facts and Figures! Put 'em down, Put 'em down! If they said anything they said this, until the brain of ...
— The Chimes • Charles Dickens
... for preferring a history to a formal treatise on astronomy. In a treatise, what we know is set forth. A history tells us, in addition, how we came to know it. It thus places facts before us in the natural order of their ascertainment, and narrates instead of enumerating. The story to be told leaves ...
— A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century - Fourth Edition • Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke


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