资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Forth \Forth\, v.[AS. for[eth], fr. for akin to D. voort, G.
   fort [root]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.

            Lucas was Paul's companion, at the leastway from the
            sixteenth of the Acts forth.          --Tyndale.

            From this time forth, I never will speak word.
                                                  --Shak.

            I repeated the Ave Maria; the inquisitor bad me say
            forth; I said I was taught no more.   --Strype.

   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.       --Dryden.

   3. Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out.

            I have no mind of feasting forth to-night. --Shak.

   4. Throughly; from beginning to end. [Obs.] --Shak.

   {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}.