Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A going forth.
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- noun obsolete A
going forth;progression ;advancement . - noun The
entertainment given abride at thedeparture of her own, or her father's, house. - verb intransitive, obsolete To
go forth.
Etymologies
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From Middle English forthgangen, from Old English forþgangan ("to go forth"), equivalent to forth- + gang.
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From Middle English forthgang, forthgong, from Old English forþgang ("a going forth, progress, advance, success, privy, drain, purging, evacuation"), from Proto-Germanic *furþa- (“forth”), *gangaz (“going”), equivalent to forth- + gang. Cognate with Dutch voortgang ("progress, advancement, process, movement"), German Fortgang ("progress"), Swedish fortgång ("progression").
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