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noun

Forth n. A way; a passage or ford. (Obs.)

verb

Forth v.

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." "From this time forth, I never will speak word." "I repeated the Ave Maria; the inquisitor bad me say forth; I said I was taught no more."

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."

Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out. "I have no mind of feasting forth to-night."

Throughly; from beginning to end. (Obs.)

And so forth, Back and forth, From forth. See under And, Back, and From.

Forth of, Forth from, out of. (Obs.)

To bring forth. See under Bring.

preposition

Forth prep. Forth from; out of. (Archaic) "Some forth their cabins peep."

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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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