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Item, that from henceforth there be no knells or forth- 
fares rung for the death of any man. 
Dp. Uuujier, Injunctions (1551). 
Findes his bread ready. *,,...n, *.!.%,, 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartass Weeks, ii., The Lawe. lortnlatnert, 
If thon lov'st me then, 
ui uuio-uiLci i, [ME. forthfadcr, furthfeder, < 
AS. forthfa;aer, < forth, forth, + f aider, father: 
see forth* and father, and cf. forefather.] A 
forefather. 
forthfett, ('. /. [ME. forthfetten; < forth* + 
fet*.] To fetch forth. 
Anon his sone was forthefete 
And ladde ther lie schulde dee. 
Seven Sayes (ed. Wright), 1. 2440. 
. forthgangt,". itiHE. forthgang, forthgong, < AS. 
c., and afford, prig, aforth.] lo forward ; tur- f or ti t g a ng (= OFries. forthgong = D. voortgang 
ther; accomplish. _ (J. fortgang = ODan. fortgang = Svr.fort- 
Of more make ge auaunt than ge mowforthen. '/'""/), a going forth, < forthgdn, forthgangan, 
Alexander and Dindimus, 1. 570. gQ forth . gee f ort ] tgo .] A going forth. 
forth 2 t, A common Middle English form of forthglidet, v. i. [ME. forthgliden; < forth* + 
ford. !/H<l('-] To glide on ; pass by. 
fbrthbeart, c. /. [UE.forthberen, < A.8. forth- ' Forthglod this other dais nigt. 
forthy 
At this minute one rash young rooster made a manful 
attempt to crow. " Do tell ! " said his mistress, who rose 
in great wrath; "you needn't be so forth-putting, as I 
knows on !" S. 0. Jeil'ett, Mrs. Bonny. 
Steal/ortA thy father's house tomorrow night. 
.S/iii/.-., M. X. D., i. 1. 
To this I subscribe ; 
And, forth a world of more particulars, 
Instance in only one. D. Juiaun, Sejanus, iii. 1. 
forthH, !' t. [< ME. forthen, < AS. forthian, 
forward, advance, promote, < forth, forth, for- 
ward: see forth*, adr. Cf. farther, uow further. 
fin-Hi, forth, + riht, adj., right: see forth* and 
'right, a.] I. a. Straightforward; honest; di- 
rect; immediate: as, & forthright m&n; a, forth- 
right speech. 
There is nothing so true, so sincere, so downright and 
frtl,ri<iht, as genius. 
Lowell, Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 359. 
There is a headlong, /orthriyht tide, that bears away 
man with his fancies like straw, and runs fast in time 
and space. B. L. Sttvenson, Inland Voyage, p. 164. 
Il.t . A straight or direct course. 
Here's a maze trod, indeed, 
Through/orf/t-rmM* and meanders! 
Shak., Tempest, iii. 3. 
forthbring, , . . 
see forth* and bring.] To bring forth; bring 
out ; produce. 
I seig a clerke a boke forthe bringe. 
Early Eng. Poemi, p. 124. 
Out of the erth herbys shal spryng. 
Trees to fiorish and f rute furthbryng. 
Towneley Mysteries, p. 2. 
forthclepet, ' ' [ME. forthclepien,< AS. forth- 
clijiian, < forth, forth, + clipian, call: see forth* 
and clepe'.] To call forth. 
As an egle fortheclepynye his bryddis to flee, ... he 
sprade out his weengis. Wyclif, Deut. xxxii. 11 (Oxf.). 
forthcomet (forth'kum), n. [ME. forthcome, < 
AS. fortheyme, a coming forth, < forth, forth, 
+ cyme, a coming : see forth* and come, .] A 
coming forth. 
Fained is Egypt in forthcome of tham. 
Ps. civ. 38 (Old Psalter). 
[< forth* + 
No more he spake, 
But thitherward forthright his ready way did make. 
Spemei; If. Q., V. ii. 10. 
It ran upon so fine and delicate a ground as one could 
not easily judge whether the river did more wash the 
gravel, or the gravel did purify the river, the river not 
running forthright, but almost continually winding, as if 
the lower streams would return to their spring, or that 
the river had a delight to play witli itself. 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, ii. 
Impatient in embarrassment 
He forthright passed, and lightly treading went 
To that same feather'd lyrist. Keats, Endymion, ii. 
Full sore for-thynJcyny was he 
That euere he made mankynde. 
York Plays, p. 54. 
That all this land unto his foe shall fall, . . . 
That now the same he greatly doth forthinke. 
Spensrr, F. Q., VI. iv. 32. 
II. intrans. To repent. 
If jelousie the soothe knewe 
Thou shalt forthinke, and sore rewe. 
Bom. of the Rose. 
1 seide I nyle 
nt forth. 
, - - [ME. forthyrsten (= LG. i-er- 
dorsten, verdosten = G. verdursten = Dan. for- 
torste); <for-* + thirst.] To be very thirsty. 
forthcoming (forth'kum-ing), n. 
coming, n.] 1. A coming forth. 
Would this pacifier aduise the ordinarie thus, or elles 
to keepe hym in pryson where he should doe no Imrte, and 
lette the walles and the lokkes be hys suertyes for his 
forthecominy. Sir T. More, Works, p. 888. 
2. In Scots law, the action by which an arrest- 
ment is made effectual. In this action the arrestee 
and common debtor are called before the judge to hear 
judgment given ; the debt is ordered to be paid, or the ef- 
fects are ordered to be delivered up to the arresting cred- 
itor, or the matter is otherwise disposed of. 
forthcoming (forth'kum-ing), a. [< forth* + 
coming, ppr.] About to come forth or out; 
about to appear; in such a position or condi- 
tion, as a person or a thing, that his or its f or thir8tt 
presence when needed can be counted on. 
It was ordered, that he [Walgrave] should be moved out 
of the Tower, . . . remaining still as a prisoner, and to be 
forth-coming whensoever he should be called for. 
Stnjpe, Memorials, Edw. VI., an. 1551. 
He was forth-coming to answer the call, to satisfy the forth-iSSUing(f6rth-ish'o-ing),a. Issuing; corn- 
scrutiny, and to sustain the brow-beating of Christ's an- ing out; coming forth, as from a covert, 
gry and powerful enemies. Paley, Evidences, I. i. f or thleadt, . t. [ME. forthleden ; < forth* + 
Forthcoming bond. Seeftoiidi. lead*.] To lead forth. 
forthcomingness(f6rth'kum-ing-nes),. Read- Ther was n , a ,,y a wepyng heye [eye] 
iness to be brought forward or produced. As the childe ites forthladde. 
The subject of forthcomings belongs to the general ce ^ (ed. Wright), 1 244i 
subject of procedure. J. S. Mill, forthleapt, ''' [ME. forthlepen; < forth* 
forthcutt, *'. t. [ME. forthkutten (tr. L. pro- leap*.] To leap forth or out. 
seiudere); < forth* + cut.] To cut; in the ex- forthlookt, . '. [UE. forthloken, < AS. forthlo- 
tract to plow eian, < forth, forth, + locian, look: see forth* 
and look.] To look forth; look out. 
Laverd, from heven thare he woues, 
Forthloked over inclines sones. 
Ps. xiii. 2 (ME. version) [xiv. 2]. 
forthnimt, ' [ME./ortftn'men ; < forth* + nim.] 
I. trans. To take away; destroy. 
forth + gun, gaugan, go : see forth* and go, 
gang.] To go forth ; proceed. 
forthgoing (forth'go-ing), . [< ME. forthgoing, 
verbal n. of forthgo.] A going forth or utter- 
ance ; a proceeding from or out. Chalmers. 
forthgoing (forth 'go -ing), a. Going out or 
forth; departing. 
forthinkt, ' [Maoforethink; < ME.forthinken, 
forthynken, forthanken, forthenchen, tr. dis- 
please, cause to regret, refl. regret, repent (= 
MHG. i-erdunken, displease, = Icel. forthykkja), 
< for-, mis-, + thinken, thynken, < AS. thyncan, A man s i, ou ia 110 t be able to look other than directly 
seem: see /<-! and think 2 , methinks.] I. trans, and forthright. Emerson, Experience. 
1. To cause to regret or repent; vex; reflex- forthrightness (forth'iit-nes), n. The quality 
ively, to regret; repent. or state of being forthright. [Recent.] 
A thynge that myghte the forthinke. Dante's concise forthrightness of phrase, which to that 
Chaucer, Troilus, ii. 1414. o( mogt otner poe t s j 8 a s a stab to a blow with a cudgel. 
We say in English, " Itforethiuketh me, or I forethink "; Lowell, Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 123. 
and"Irepent,oritrepentethme,"; and "I am sorry that forthgfcowt, * f - t ME - forthschewcn ; < forth* 
1 ""," Ans. to Sir T. Mere, etc. (Parker Soc., 1850), p. 23. + show.] To show forth ; make known. 
To regret: with object noun or clause. M^j^j{^^ k " Ml ^ 1 " 1 ' 
Ps. cxliv. 4 (ME. version) [cxlv. 4]. 
forthwardt (forth'ward), adv. [< ME. forth- 
wurd, forthwardes, AS. fortlnccard, forward, 
tending toward, continual (= OS. forthwerd, 
-werdes, -wardes), < forth, forth, + -weard, E. 
-ward. Cf. forward*, adv.] Forward. 
Tho com ther a southerne wynd, that drof hem forth- 
He . . . seggde thatt he wass forrthrisst _ , 
* tatt he wollde drinnkenn. Ormulum, 1. 8635. forthwendt, V. I. 
Whether al day shal ere the erere, that he sowe and 
forthkutteii and purgen his erthe? 
Wyclif, Isa. xxviii. 24 (Oxf.). 
forthdealt, An erroneous form of foredeal. 
II. intrans. To go away. 
As good a forthdeale and auantage towards thende of 
the werke as if a good porcion of the same wet- alredie 
J. ifdall, tr. of Apophthegms of Erasmus, p. 41, note. forthpaSSt, " i. [ME. forthpassen ; < forth* + 
forthdrawt, ; ' L ME - forthdragen ; < forth* + pass.] To pass on. 
draw.] 
Go and ftirthpasse into Mesopotany. 
Wyclif, Gen. xxviii. 2 (Oxf.). 
forthpushing (f orth' push * ing), a. Pushing 
or pressing forward; aggressive; impulsive; 
eager. 
Any amount of forthpushing zeal. 
CongregationalM, March 11, 1886. 
To draw or bring forth. 
The flscher than the child forthdmug 
With salt and with the crismecloth. 
Gregorlegeude (ed. Schulz), 1. 347. 
forthent, adv. [ME., < AS. furthon, forthun, < 
forth, forth: see forth*.] Also; even, 
fbrthert, ndr., a., and r. See further. 
forth-faret, . . [ME. forthfaren; < forth* + 
fare*.] To go forth; depart. Castle of Love. 
Natheles Meliors & he made moche sorwe 
For tbempcrour WAS forth- fare faire to crist. 
William, of Paleriie (E. E. T. S.), 1. 5266. 
forth-faret, n. [ME., < AS. forthfaru, < forth- L ,.., 
I'lirnn, go forth: see forth-fure, v.] 1. Depart- forthputting (forth ' put ing), a. 
ure. 2. Same as passing-bell. bold; presumptuous; meddlesome. 
ward faste. St. Brandon (ed. Wright), p. 22. 
We made sMeforthu'ant. Haklmjt'i Voyages, II. 184. 
forthwaxt, v. i. [ME. forthwaxen, < AS. forth- 
leeaxan, < forth, forth, + weaxan, grow: see 
forth* and wax*.] To wax; increase. 
Wintre&forthu'exon on Ysaac. 
Genesis and Exodus (E. E. T. S ), 1. 1211. 
[ME. forthwenden ; < forth* 
+ wend.] To wend forth ; go away. 
Iliderwardes he heom seuden, the biscopes forthu-enden. 
Layauwn, I. 433. 
forthwith (forth-wiTH'), adv. [< WE. forthwith 
(rare), short for forthwithal, q. v.] 1. At once ; 
without delay ; directly. 
For why the queen forlhlrith her leue 
Toke at them all that were present. 
The Isle of Ladies. 
Immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been 
scales ; and he received sight /or(/m'i'(A. Acts ix. 18. 
Forthwith the bruit and fame 
Through all the greatest Libyan towns is gone. 
B. Jmison, Poetaster, v. 1. 
2. In law, without delay ; as soon as the thing 
required may be done by reasonable exertion 
confined to that object : in rules of legal prac- 
tice, sometimes deemed equivalent to within 
twenty-four hours. 
forthwithalt, adv. [WE.forthwithatt; < forth* 
+ withal : see forthwith and withal*.] Forth- 
with; immediately. 
The preost . . . let itt [the goat] eornenn [rnn]forthu-itli- 
all [printed forthwith alt] 
Ut intill wilde wesste. Ormulum, 1. 1336. 
Stand, & sytte not furth-with-alle 
Tylle he byde the that i ewlys the halle. 
Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 21. 
forthputting (forth'pufing), n. 1. The act of forthyit, adv. [ME. for thy, for thi (= Dan. 
T : _ 1.1, . 4 . . . . + . .,,....1..,.*^.,,. ff\vfti\ A ft ft\v> iliti fr\r ff\v //?)/. iiistv, OT 
putting or bringing forth ; output; production 
They [the Epistles of St. Paul] are not the forthputting 'S 
of a system like Calvin's. Christian Union, Dec. 30, 1886. 
2. Forwardness; undue assumption ; boldness. 
[Colloq.] 
Forward; 
[Colloq.] 
fordl), < AS. for thy": for, "for; thy. instr. of 
that, that: see for and that, the?.] Therefore; 
therefor; on this or that account; for this rea- 
son. 
Yet not for fhy he hiulde trew knowleginge 
Of his doushter, and gave hyr his blyssyng, 
His land, is good, withoute eny strylfe. 
Gmerydes (E. E. T. S.), 1. 235. 
