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