Forth (?), v.[AS. for&edh;, 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.
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Forth, prep.
Forth from; out of.
[Archaic]
Some forth their cabins peep.
Donne.
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Forth, n. [OE., a ford. 78. See Frith.]
A way; a passage or ford.
[Obs.]
Todd.
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