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.