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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

... time, scene, characters, this tale of strong hearts is one. And for that the tale is tripled or quadrupled unto you three or four times (the number will depend); it is because in each of its three or four aspects—or separate stories, if you insist—it sets forth, in heroic natures and poetic fates, a principle which seems to me so universal that I think Joseph would say of it also, as he said to the sovereign of Egypt, "The thing is established ...

— Strong Hearts • George W. Cable

... hid her face in her hands and rocked back and forth and cried. "To be leaving the place I was born, and where my father and mother were born before me, and all the neighbours, and this old house that's been home since ever I married you—'twill break the heart ...

— The Irish Twins • Lucy Fitch Perkins

... out to the life and bustle of the ranch house the cattle were streaming into the far corrals under their dust, the riders were shouting, young Paula sang in the kitchen, and Anita passed back and forth ...

— Tharon of Lost Valley • Vingie E. Roe

... followed his example, but no sooner had they risen to their feet than they were sent scuttling back again like rabbits into a burrow. The bushes were pushed aside and an aged gypsy stepped forth from the opening. With a little gasp of excitement the girls realized that he was without his heavy pack. Whatever it was they had brought evidently had been left behind in the cave. One by one they emerged until their number was complete. The last of the little band, a lad ...

— The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island - Or, A Cave and What It Contained • Laura Lee Hope

... loud supplication, or even establishing themselves on the marble steps of the grand entrance. They ate and drank, and filled their bags, and pocketed the little money that was given them, and went forth on their devious ways, showering blessings innumerable on the mansion and its lord, and on the souls of his deceased forefathers, who had always been just such simpletons as to be compassionate to beggary. But, in spite of their favorable ...

— The Marble Faun, Volume II. - The Romance of Monte Beni • Nathaniel Hawthorne

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