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Definition of Forth
1. Noun. A river in southern Scotland that flows eastward to the Firth of Forth.
2. Adverb. From a particular thing or place or position ('forth' is obsolete). "Go forth and preach"
3. Adverb. Forward in time or order or degree. "From the sixth century onward"
4. Adverb. Out into view. "Put my ideas forth"
Definition of Forth
1. 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.
2. prep. Forth from; out of.
3. n. A way; a passage or ford.
Definition of Forth
1. onward in time, place, or order [adv]
Medical Definition of Forth
1. 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 labour 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. And so forth, Back and forth, From forth. See And, Back, and From. Forth of, Forth from, out of To bring forth. See Bring. Origin: AS. Forth, fr. For akin to D. Voort, G. Fort See Fore, For, and cf. Afford, Further, adv. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forth
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Frisian