v.[ AS. forð, fr. for akin to D. voort, G. fort √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. [ 1913 Webster ] Lucas was Paul's companion, at the leastway from the sixteenth of the Acts forth. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ] From this time forth, I never will speak word. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] I repeated the Ave Maria; the inquisitor bad me say forth; I said I was taught no more. Strype. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] When winter past, and summer scarce begun,
Invites them forth to labor in the sun. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out. [ 1913 Webster ] I have no mind of feasting forth to-night. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. Throughly; from beginning to end. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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