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Definition of Pour forth
1. Verb. Pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities. "God shed His grace on Thee"
Definition of Pour forth
1. Verb. (intransitive) to appear in large numbers ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive of words) To be uttered, especially in a long flow of speech. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pour Forth
Literary usage of Pour forth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Conquest of Mexico: With a Preliminary View of the Ancient by William Hickling Prescott (1874)
"O Lord most merciful! pour forth thy light and thy splendor over this thine empire!
. . . Order it so that thou shall be served in all, and through all. ..."
2. The Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle by Henry Thomas Buckle (1872)
"414), says, "All the worshippers of the fetish pour forth a little of anything
before drinking, and also set apart some of their victuals before they eat ..."
3. English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious by George Crabb (1883)
"... but, in poetry, persons are said to pour forth their complaints in tender
accents. After such a mighty stress, so irrationally laid upon two slight, ..."
4. Our First Century: Being a Popular Descriptive Portraiture of the One by Richard Miller Devens (1876)
"Vain Attempts to Escape —They all pour forth at Once.—The Street-Door
Locked !— Bewildered Crowds.—Their Headlong Descent.—A Pile of Bodies, Fourteen Feet ..."
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