forth Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a river in southern Scotland that flows eastward to the Firth of Forth
Forth River.
adverb from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
away; off.
- ran away from the lion
- wanted to get away from there
- sent the children away to boarding school
- the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal
- went off to school
- they drove off
- go forth and preach
adverb forward in time or order or degree
forward; onward.
- from that time forth
- from the sixth century onward
adverb out into view
- came forth from the crowd
- put my ideas forth

AS. for&edh;, fr. for akin to D. voort, G. fort See Fore, For, and cf. Afford, Further, adv.

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.
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.
Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out.
I have no mind of feasting forth to-night. Shak.
Throughly; from beginning to end. Obs. Shak.