forth

Misspelling of fourth.

Adjective

  1. Misspelling of fourth.

Origin

From fourth; compare forty.

Adverb

  1. Forward in time, place or degree.
    • From this time forth, I never will speak word. - c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First...
    • say forth - 1709-1725, John Strype, Annals of the Reformation in England
    • “[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt...
  2. Out into view; from a particular place or position.
    • The plants in spring put forth leaves.
    • The robbers leapt forth from their place of concealment.
    • A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: […] - 1949, Joseph Campbell, “The Hero and the God”, in The Hero with a Thousand Faces:
  3. Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out.
    • I have no mind of feasting forth to-night. - c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
    • At the clashing of the cymbals the King sprang at Goldry as the panther springeth, and with the rush bare him backward and well nigh forth of the wrastling ground. - 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A...

Origin

From Middle English forth, from Old English forþ, from Proto-West Germanic *forþ, from Proto-Germanic *furþą, from Proto-Indo-European *pŕ̥-to-, from *per-. Cognates include Dutch voort and German fort. See also ford.

Synonyms

fromward

Derived

and so forth back and forth blossom forth body forth bring forth burst forth call forth come forth find forth forth- forthby forthcome forthgo forth-issuing forthwithal furthen further give forth go forth henceforth hold forth launch forth pour forth put forth

Noun

  1. Misspelling of fourth.

Preposition

  1. Forth from; out of.
    • Some forth their cabins peepe. - a. 1631, John Donne, The Storme: