FromMiddle Englishforth, fromOld Englishforþ, fromProto-West Germanic*forþ, fromProto-Germanic*furþą, fromProto-Indo-European*pŕ̥-to-, from*per-. Cognates includeDutchvoort andGermanfort. See alsoford.
forth (notcomparable)
- (formal, archaic)Forward intime,place ordegree.
c.1603–1604 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act V, scene ii],page159:From this timeforth, I never will speak word.
- 1709-1725,John Strype,Annals of the Reformation in England:
- sayforth
1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, inThe Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:“[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launchedforth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.
- (formal, archaic)Out intoview; from a particular place or position.
The plants in spring putforth leaves.
The robbers leaptforth from their place of concealment.
- (obsolete) Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out.
c.1596–1598 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act II, scene v]:I have no mind of feastingforth to-night.
forward in time, place or degree
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forth
- (obsolete) Forth from; out of.
Fromfourth; compareforty.
forth
- Misspelling offourth.
forth
- Misspelling offourth.
FromProto-Germanic*furþą, fromProto-Indo-European*pr̥to-.
forth
- forwards,forth;onward
forth
- forward to, up to
