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verb Forth v. 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. "Lucas was Paul's companion, at the leastway from the sixteenth of the Acts forth." "From this time forth, I never will speak word." "I repeated the Ave Maria; the inquisitor bad me say forth; I said I was taught no more." 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. "When winter past, and summer scarce begun, Invites them forth to labor in the sun." 3.Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out. "I have no mind of feasting forth to-night." 4.Throughly; from beginning to end. (Obs.) And so forth, Back and forth, From forth. See under And, Back, and From. Forth of, Forth from, out of. (Obs.) To bring forth. See under Bring.
conjunction And conj. 1.A particle which expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence. Note: (a) It is sometimes used emphatically; as, "there are women and women," that is, two very different sorts of women. (b) By a rhetorical figure, notions, one of which is modificatory of the other, are connected by and; as, "the tediousness and process of my travel," that is, the tedious process, etc.; "thy fair and outward character," that is, thy outwardly fair character, 2.In order to; used instead of the infinitival to, especially after try, come, go. "At least to try and teach the erring soul." 3.It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive. "When that I was and a little tiny boy." 4.If; though. See An, conj. (Obs.) "As they will set an house on fire, and it were but to roast their eggs." And so forth, and others; and the rest; and similar things; and other things or ingredients. The abbreviation, etc. (et cetera), or &c., is usually read and so forth.
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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