Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Forward.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb obsolete Forward.
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- adverb obsolete
Forward .
Etymologies
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From Middle English forthward, forthwardes, from Old English forþweard ("forward, tending forward, continual"), from Proto-Germanic *furþa- (“forth-”), *warþaz (“turned”), equivalent to forth- + -ward. Cognate with Old Saxon forþwerd, forþwerdes, forþwardes ("forthward").
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Examples
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I shall leave my home, and forthward wander stoutly to the northward
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Betrayed by Judas in the garden, denied by Peter before the cock crew, crucified between thieves, and mourned for by a harlot, and then sent bound and bare, nothing changed, nothing altered, in Thy ignominious plight, forthward in the world's van the glory and symbol of a man's new idea -- Pity.
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We decided to help the city and put forthward a clearer message.
unknown title 2009
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We decided to help the city and put forthward a clearer message.
unknown title 2009
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