forspend 
A painful march, 
Through twenty hours of night and day prolong'd, 
r'm-''xp< ,,t thr Kritisli troops. Svuthetf. 
forspoke, forspoken (for-spok', -spo'kn). Pret- 
erit and past participle otforsjiwil.'. 
forstallt, '' ' Same M/orwtaw 1 . 
forstert, " An obsolete form of forester. 
forsterite (fors'ter-it), . [Named by Levy 
for Jacob Forster (1739-1806), a professor of 
mineralogy at St. Petersburg.] A crystallized 
mineral which occurs at Vesuvius accompa- 
nied by pleonaste and pyroxene, it is a silicate 
of magnesium, and belongs to the chrysolite group. Bol- 
tonite, from Bolton in Massachusetts, is a variety oc- 
curring in embedded musses or imperfect crystals in a 
whitish crystalline limestone. 
forstraughtt, [ME.: as distraught, q. v., with 
for instead of dis-.] Distracted. Chaucer. 
forswallowt, <' t. [< ME. forswolewen, forswol- 
mcen, forsu-olien, forsiral^en, forswetgen, < AS. 
forswelgan,forswilgan (= D. i-erzwelgen = MLG. 
vorsvielgen = OHG. farswelhan, MHG. verswel- 
gen), swallow up, < for- + swelgan, swallow : 
see /or- 1 and swallow 1 , v.] To swallow up. 
forswatt, ]> [ME./orwY, pp. of unused "for- 
sweteii, \ for- + swettn, sweat : see for- 1 and 
sweat, .] Overheated; covered with sweat. 
Shee is my goddesse plaine, 
And I her shepherds swayne, 
Albee forswonck and forswatt I am. 
Sjienser, Shep. Cal., April. 
Miso and Mopsa (like a couple of foreswat melters) were 
getting the pure silver of their bodies out of the ure [ore] 
of their garments. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, ii. 
forswear (f^r-swar'), v. ; pret. forswore, pp. for- 
sworn, ppr. forswearing. [< ME. forsweren, for- 
swerien, < AS.forswerian (pret. fprswor, pp.for- 
sworen), swear falsely, ren. perjure oneself (= 
OS. forswei'ian = OFries. forswera, urswera = 
D. verzweren = MLG. vorsweren, LG. versweren = 
OHG. farswerjaii, fersweren, MHG. verswern, G. 
verschworen = Icel. fyrirsrerja = Sw. forsmrja 
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pensa, natives of China and Japan, are now very frequent 
in cultivation. 
2. [/. <.] A plant of this genus. 
fort (tort), n. and w. [I. a. < ME. "fort, < OF .fort, 
F. fort = Pr. fort = Sp.fnerte = Pg. It. forte, < 
L. forlis, Oi,.forctis,foretus, strong, powerful; 
whence perhaps hortari, encourage, exhort: 
see Itortation, exhort, etc. H. . Not in ME. ; 
= D. G. Dan. Sw. fort, < F. fort, OF. fort = 
Pr. fort = Sp. fuerte = Pg. It. forte, < ML. for- 
tis, a fort, fortified structure, stronghold ; prop, 
adj., strong (sc. (lomus, locus, etc.): see 1., and 
cf . fortalice, fortress, force 1 , etc. Hence (from 
L. fortis) force 1 , afforce, enforce, etc.] I.t a. 
1. Strong. 
O goodly man at arms, 
In flght a Paris, w by should fame make thee fort 'gainst 
our arms, 
Being such a fugitive? Chapman, Iliad, xvii. 112. 
2. Tipsy. Halliwell. 
But if he come home fort to bed 
I will not strive to turn his head. 
Jt'ixbxryh Ballads. II. 42-2. 
II. n. 1 . A strong place of defense ; a forti- 
fied building or inclosure ; especially, an arm- 
ed place for a garrison, provided with defensive 
works, for the protection of a town, harbor, 
frontier, or other point against the approach or 
passage of hostile forces. 
. Picardy 
Hath slain their governors, surpris'd OUT forts, 
And sent the ragged soldiers wounded home. 
Shale., 2 Hen. VI., Iv. 1. 
Thy words to my remembrance bring 
How Succoth and the fort of Fenuel 
Their great deliverer coutemn'd. 
Milton, S. A., 1. 278. 
2. A trading-post among the North American 
Indians, whether fortified or not. such posts were 
originally armed forts, and the name continued to be used 
after defenses became unnecessary, and they were accord- 
ingly built without them. [U. 8.) 
3. Same as forte 1 , l.-Bastioned fort See 6o- 
or renounce upon oath; renounce earnestly, 
determinedly, or with protestations; abjure. 
I ... do forswear her, 
As one unworthy all the former favours 
That I have fondly Hutter'd her withal. 
Shak., T. of the 8., iv. 2. 
Like innocence, and as serenely bold 
As truth, how loudly he/ormnara thy gold. 
Dryden, tr. of Juvenal. 
Now, I'll die, but you are so scandalous, l'l\forswear your 
society. Sheridan, School for Scandal, ii. 2. 
2. To deny upon oath or with strong assevera- 
tion. 
At a peer, or peeress, shall I fret, 
Who starves a sister, or forswears a debt ? 
Pope, Epil. to Satires, i. 112. 
To forswear one's self, to swear falsely ; perjure one's 
self. 
Thou shalt uot/onmvnr thyself. Mat. v. 33. 
= Syn. Renounce, Recant, Abjure, etc. See renounce. 
For forswear one's self, see perjure. 
II. intrans. To swearfalsely ; commit perjury, 
forswearer (for-swar'er), n. [< ME./orstwrr; 
(.forswear + -er 1 .] One who forswears; one 
who swears a false oath ; a perjurer. 
n, < ' 
l_L. o.J To fort in, to intrench oue's self in a fort. 
III. S.] 
A few inhabitants furled in on the Potomac. 
Marshall, Washington. 
fort. An abbreviation of fortification. 
fort-adjutant (fort'aj''o-tant), n. In the Brit- 
ish army, an officer in a garrison doing duties 
analogous to those of the ad jutan t of a regiment : 
equivalent to post-adjutant in the United States 
army. 
fortalice (for'ta-lis), . [Formerly s\sofortelace, 
fortilage ; < Of.fortelesse, fortelesce = Pr. forta- 
lessa, fortaleza = Sp. Pg. fortaleza = It. forta- 
lizio, fortilizio, < ML. fortalitia, fortalitium, a 
small fort, < L. fortis, strong, ML. fortis, a 
fort: see fort. Cf. fortress, a doublet of forta- 
lice.] A small fort, or a small outwork of a 
fortification. 
Away on the eastern horizon are frequent mounds, the 
remains of former fortalices ; and just visible are the tow- 
ers and cupolas of the ruined capital of these plains. 
O'Donocan, Merv, xvii. 
There is no church more interesting than theold/orfn- 
iic-like church of Maguelone, which . . . looks more like 
a baronial castle than a peaceful church. 
J. Fergusson, Hist. Arch., I. 460. 
; <for- 1 + tat- 
To die. 
II. trans. To cause to die; slay. Halliwell. 
forswingt, r. t. [IfE.fortwittgen, "<for + swing- 
en, swing, beat: see /or- 1 and swing, swinge.] 
To beat; whip. 
When thow were soforgwong, 
Among the lues they did the hong. 
Holy Hood (ed. Morris), p. 194. 
forswinkt (f^r-swingk'), v. t. [ME. forswinken 
(pp. forswunkeii, forswonken); <for- + swink: 
see for- 1 and swink. ] To exhaust by labor. 
Spenser. 
forswollent, . [ME.; </<>/- + swollen, pp. of 
swell, q. v.] Puffed up with pride ; boastful. 
"Ha, boys," quod the kynge, "thow art fell and far- 
swollen." Merlin (E. E. T. 8.), iii. 538. 
forswonkt. Past participle of forswink. 
forswore, forsworn (for-swor', '-sworn'). Pret- 
erit and past participle of forswear. 
forswornness (for-sworn'nes), n. JX ME. for- 
sworenesse; < forsworn + -ness.] The state of 
being forsworn. 
forswunkt. Past participle of forswink. 
Forsythia (for-si'thi-a), n. [NL., named after 
William JV>rv//,aBriti8h botanist (1737-1804).] 
1. Agenus of oleaceous shrubs, bearing numer- 
ous showy yellow flowers in early spring, before 
the leaves. The two species, F. cirUtisiinta and F. sun- 
To tear to tatters ; tatter. 
I am leverd a lap is lyke to no lede, 
Fortatered and torne. 
Towneley Mysteries, p. 239. 
fortaxt, . t. [ME.fortaxen; <for- 1 + tax.] To 
tax heavily ; burden. 
We &refortaxed and rainyd 
We are made hand tamyd, 
Withe these gentlery men. 
Towneley Mysteries, p. 96. 
forte 1 (fort), n. [< F. fort, strong part, hold, 
strength, skill, forte, <fort, a., strong : see/or*.] 
1. The strong part of a sword-blade or rapier, 
as opposed to the foible. Also spelled fort. 
All thrusts are made either inside or outside, over or un- 
der, the arm ; and are parried with the fort of the sword. 
Rolando, Modern Art of Fencing (ed. Forsyth), p. 5. 
2. That in which one excels ; a peculiar talent 
or faculty ; a strong point or side ; chief excel- 
lence. 
It was in description and meditation that Byron excelled. 
"Description," as he said in DonJuan, "was his/orte." 
Macaulay, Moore's Life of Byron. 
forte 2 (for'te), a. and . [It,., strong, loud, < L. 
fortis, strong: see fort.] T[. a. In music, loud; 
with force : opposed to piano : used also as if 
an adverb. Abbreviated /._ Forte possibile, as 
loud as possible. 
II. n. 1. In music, a passage that is loud and 
forcible or is intended to be so. 2. In harmo- 
forth 
ii/. a slide or cover in the chest con- 
taining one or more sets of reeds, so arranged 
as to be opened by a stop-knob or a knee-lever 
and thus to produce a forte effect. Frequently 
separate fortes are introduced for the treble 
;iml the bass ends of the keyboard. 
fortedt, a. [<fort + -P.] Fortified; strong. 
It deserves with characters of brass 
A fiirtnt resilience, 'gainst the tooth of time, 
And razure of oblivion. Shak., M. for M., v. 1. 
fortelacet, . An obsolete form of fortalice. 
forte-piano (for'te-pe-a'no), a. and n. [It.] I. 
a. In mimic, characterized by sudden but tran- 
sient emphasis ; loud, then immediately soft ; 
sforzato. Abbreviated fp. 
II. n. The original name of the pianoforte 
(which see). 
Fortepiano : afterward changed to pianoforte was 
the natural Italian name for the new instrument which 
could give both loud and soft semids, instead of loud 
only, as was the case with the harpsichord. 
tf row, Diet. Music, I. 55. 
forth 1 (forth), adv. and jrrep. [Early mod. E. 
H:\sofoorth; < ME. forth, <AS.forth(=OS.forth 
= OFries. forth, ford = D. voort = OHG. 'ford 
(not found), MHG. vort, G. fort, > Sw. fort (in 
comp.) = Dan. fort), forth, forward, onward, 
hence, thence, <fore, for, fore, with term, -tli, 
appar. demonstrative. Hence afford. Cf. fur- 
ther, furthest.] I. adv. 1. Forward; onward or 
outward into space ; out from concealment or 
inaction. 
So fer I have gon more/or(A in the Contrees, that I have 
foiinde that Sterre more highe. 
Mandeville, Travels, p. 181. 
Observe in Curtesie to take a rule of decent kinde, 
Bend not thy body too tnrfoorth, nor backe thy leg behind. 
Bailees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 296. 
Hold forth thy golden sceptre, and afford 
The gentle audience of a gracious Lord. 
Quarles, Emblems, iv. 6. 
Ledbury bells 
Broke forth in concert flung adown the dells. 
Wonlmorth, Sonnets, ii. 28. 
As King Ferdinand approached Cordova, the principal 
inhabitants came/ortA to receive him. 
Irving, Granada, p. 51. 
2. Onward in time or order, in progression or 
series : as, from that day forth; one, two, four, 
eight, and so forth (see below). 
Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth 
and for evermore. PS. cxiii. 2. 
3. Forward or out, as by development or un- 
folding; into view or consideration : as, plants 
put forth leaves and send/w</i shoots in spring; 
to bring forth sound arguments. 
The fig tree putteth/ortA her green figs. Cant. ii. 13. 
Good Thoughts bring forth good Works. 
Hovxll, Letters, ii. 54. 
Of many changes, aptly join d, 
Is bodied forth the second whole. 
Tennyson, Love thou thy Land. 
4. Away, as from a place or country; out; 
abroad : now always followed by from, but for- 
merly sometimes used absolutely or followed by 
of: as, to go forth from one's home ; to send 
a traitor forth from his country. 
For him he helpyd, when I \IM forth, 
To cher my wyfe and make her myrth. 
The Horn of King Arthur (Child's Ballads, I. 26). 
I am Prospero, and that very duke 
Which was thrust forth of Milan. 
Shak., Tempest, v. 1. 
Sir John Wallop marching/or(A q/Calais with his Army, 
joined with the Emperor's Forces, who together went and 
besieged Landrecy. Baker, Chronicles, p. 292. 
They look as if they had newly come forth p/Trophonius' 
deu. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 236. 
5f. Thoroughly; from beginning to end. 
You, my noble and well-warranted cousin, 
Whom it concerns to hear this matter forth, 
Do with your injuries as seems you best. 
Shak., M. for M., v. 1. 
[Forth was formerly used intensively to strengthen some 
adverbs and prepositions, without real addition of mean- 
ing : as, far-forth, beneath-forlh, unthin-forth. vnth-forth.] 
And SO forth, and so on or onward ; and others, in pro- 
gression or in addition ; and more besides: a summary 
phrase including such unmentioned terms or items of a 
series as may be inferred from those mentioned. The ab- 
breviation for the Latin et cetera, etc. or <tc. (especially 
the latter), is commonly understood as representing ami 
so forth, and so read. See et cetera. 
They to stond and be in full attoryty and powre for the 
viij. men. anil they ti> make ordynances and good mllys 
to be kept, and so forth. English Gildt (E. E. T. S.), p. 328. 
Far forth. See far-forth. From forth, forth from; 
away from. 
Here's a prophet, that I brought with me 
From forth the streets of Pomfret. 
Shak., K. John, iv. 2. 
Going forth. See 'goinii. To break, bring, flame, give, 
go, hold, lay, etc. , forth. See the verbs. 
