forth

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1. 1.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.
2. 2.Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out. I have no mind of feasting forth to-night. Shak.
3. 3.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.
4. 4.Forth from; out of. [Archaic] Some forth their cabins peep. Donne.
5. 5.A way; a passage or ford. [Obs.] Todd.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out. I have no mind of feasting forth to-night. Shak called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is forth from; out of. [Archaic] Some forth their cabins peep. Donne called?