Forth (?), v.[AS. forð, fr. for akin to D. voort, G. fort √78. See Fore, For, and cf. Afford, Further, adv.] 1. 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.
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Lucas was Paul's companion, at the leastway from the sixteenth of the Acts forth. Tyndale.
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From this time forth, I never will speak word. Shak.
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I repeated the Ave Maria; the inquisitor bad me say forth; I said I was taught no more. Strype.
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2. 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.
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When winter past, and summer scarce begun,
Invites them forth to labor in the sun. Dryden.
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3. Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out.
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I have no mind of feasting forth to-night. Shak.
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4. Throughly; from beginning to end. [Obs.] Shak.
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And so forth, Back and forth, From forth. See under And, Back, and From. -- Forth of, Forth from, out of. [Obs.] Shak. -- To bring forth. See under Bring.
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Forth, n. [OE., a ford. &unr_; 78. See Frith.] A way; a passage or ford. [Obs.] Todd.
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