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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.

Usage examples of "forth from".

Thus indeed, dear, all these beings, coming forth from the Real, know not, nor say: We have come from the Real.

And he played upon it, calling forth from the strings such sounds of wrath and magnificence that my blood halted, ice-bound, in my veins.

We've always believed that once his name was known, his power would grow again and he would be called forth from his deep slumber.

The swearing that had occurred earlier on the face of the cliff while the Dragon roared was tame in comparison to what spewed forth from the Commanders blue lips now.

Several times he had almost gasped in horror, for he heard in that mournful susurrus the slow exhalation of his name ushering forth from the liquid throat of the sea.

His head swung listlessly back and forth from his shoulders as two stormtroopers dragged his corpse from High Inquisitor Tremayne's waiting room.

And they drew forth from their seines living monsters as well, such as their eldest captains had never beheld: things triple-headed and tailed and finned with horror.

They seemed to step forth from within the fury consuming the smithy, the granary, and tanning sheds.

The swearing that had occurred earlier on the face of the cliff while the Dragon roared was tame in comparison to what spewed forth from the Commander’.

Jacob, too, comes forth from the dark crawlspace under the porch, having watched in terror from behind the latticework skirt.

Eyes darted back and forth from wrist watches to sky as the zero moment ticked closer.

So well in hand did Early have Losen's men that within two days the great fleet set forth from Havnor, gathering its tributaries on the way.

A blinding, sunbright beam shot forth from the head of the sledgehammer.

So the First Pair went forth from the Garden under a curse -- a permanent one.

His benefactor, the nagual Julian, had created a profound schism in him, by making him shift back and forth from one type of awareness to the other.