The Collaborative International 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.]
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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.
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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.
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Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out.
I have no mind of feasting forth to-night.
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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 of".
The Great Room lay behind them now, the back-and-forth of questions and answers inaudible.
But it is easier to fight in person than to wait on this shuttling back and forth of news!
This avenue was maintained to allow for the movement back and forth of mounted messengers, but, as everywhere else, chaos reigned.
Gery had not swelled against the girth, rather took him up in good order, but with a little shiver and a pricking-up of the ears at this breaking-forth of warlike equipment.
As Jesse watched the salt shaker dance back and forth of its own volition, she was too amazed to speak.