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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FORTH, adv.
1. Forward; onward in time; in advance; as from that day forth; from that time forth.
2. Forward in place or order; as one, two, three, and so forth.
3. Out; aboard; noting progression or advance from a state of confinement; as, the plants in spring put forth leaves.
When winter past, and summer scarce begun, invites them forth to labor in the sun.
4. Out; away; beyond the boundary of a place; as, send him forth of France. [Little used.]
5. Out into public view, or public character. Your country calls you forth into its service.
6. Thoroughly; from beginning to end. Obs.
7. On to the end. obs.
FORTH, prep. Out of.
From forth the streets of Pomfret.
Some forth their cabins peep.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a river in southern Scotland that flows eastward to the Firth of Forth [syn: Forth, Forth River] adv
1: from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead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" [syn: away, off, forth]
2: forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward" [syn: forth, forward, onward]
3: out into view; "came forth from the crowd"; "put my ideas forth"

Merriam Webster's

geographical name river 116 miles (187 kilometers) S central Scotland flowing E into Firth of Forth (estuary 48 miles or 77 kilometers long, inlet of North Sea)

Merriam Webster's

I. adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old English for Date: before 12th century 1. onward in time, place, or order ; forward <from that day forth> 2. out into notice or view <put forth leaves> 3. obsolete away, abroad II. preposition Date: circa 1575 archaic forth from ; out of

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adv. archaic except in set phrases and after certain verbs, esp. bring, come, go, and set 1 forward; into view. 2 onwards in time (from this time forth; henceforth). 3 forwards. 4 out from a starting-point (set forth). Phrases and idioms: and so forth and so on; and the like. Etymology: OE f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Forth Forth, v.[AS. for[eth], fr. for akin to D. voort, G. fort [root]78. See Fore, For, and cf. Afford, Further, adv.] 1. 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. --Tyndale. From this time forth, I never will speak word. --Shak. I repeated the Ave Maria; the inquisitor bad me say forth; I said I was taught no more. --Strype. 2. 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. --Dryden. 3. Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out. I have no mind of feasting forth to-night. --Shak. 4. Throughly; from beginning to end. [Obs.] --Shak. And so forth, Back and forth, From forth. See under And, Back, and From. Forth of, Forth from, out of. [Obs.] --Shak. To bring forth. See under Bring.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Forth Forth, prep. Forth from; out of. [Archaic] Some forth their cabins peep. --Donne.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Forth Forth, n. [OE., a ford. ? 78. See Frith.] A way; a passage or ford. [Obs.] --Todd.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown below, 'forth' is also used in the phrasal verbs 'put forth' and 'set forth'. 1. When someone goes forth from a place, they leave it. (LITERARY) Go forth into the desert... = out ADV: ADV after v 2. If one thing brings forth another, the first thing produces the second. (LITERARY) My reflections brought forth no conclusion. ADV: ADV after v 3. When someone or something is brought forth, they are brought to a place or moved into a position where people can see them. (LITERARY) Pilate ordered Jesus to be brought forth... = out ADV: ADV after v 4. back and forth: see back to hold forth: see hold

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

forth: "Forth," adverb (from "for"), signifies movement

(1) forward,

(2) out of,

(3) beyond a certain boundary.

In a few instances in the Old Testament it is the translation of the preposition `al, properly "above," "upon" (2Ki 11:15; 2Ch 23:14; Am 7:17 the King James Version), and of chuts, "without" (Ge 39:13; Jud 19:25). "Forth" is often used as an expletive of various verbs, as "break (forth)," "bring (forth)," "call (forth)," etc. In the Gospel of John it is the translation of exo, "without," as "Lazarus, come forth" (11:43; so 15:6; 19:4 the King James Version, etc.; also Ac 5:34; 9:40). "Stand forth" in Mr 3:3 is the translation of egeire eis to meson, margin "Arise into the midst." the Revised Version (British and American) has a great many changes, frequently substituting "out," "away," "abroad," etc.; "forth from" for "out of" (Job 41:21; Isa 45:23); "spread forth" for "stretched out" (Ps 44:20; 88:9; 136:6), etc. In Col 1:6, for "bringeth forth fruit" the Revised Version (British and American) reads "bearing fruit."

W. L. Walker

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

ad. 1. Onward, forward. 2. Out, abroad, from retirement, from confinement.

Moby Thesaurus

ahead, alee, along, away, en route to, for, forward, forwards, hence, off, on, onward, onwards, out, outward, outwardly, outwards, thence, therefrom, thereof, whence