FromMiddle Englishgon forth, equivalent togo +forth. Compareforthgo.
goforth (third-person singular simple presentgoes forth,present participlegoing forth,simple pastwent forth,past participlegone forth)
- Tomoveoneselfforward oronward
- Todepart from a place; toset out.
1907 August,Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter II, inThe Younger Set, New York, N.Y.:D. Appleton & Company,→OCLC:"I ought to arise andgo forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places. […]"
- To bedivulged or made generally known; tospread; toemanate.