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Forward

Fōr'ward or Fōr'wards, adv.

adverb

[A-S. forweard, foreweard, from for, fore, and -weard, -weardes, used in composition to express situation, direction, toward, towards; Ger. vorwärts. See FOR, FORE, and WARD.] Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in advance; progressively; — opposed to backward.

Fôr'wards, adv.

adverb

adv. See FORWARD.

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Fōr'ward, a.p. 537adjectiveNear or at the fore part; in advance of something else; as, the forward gun in a ship, or the forward ship in a fleet; the forward horse in a team. 2. Ready; prompt; strongly inclined; in an ill…
Fôr'ward, v. t.p. 537verbtransitiveTo help onward; to advance; to promote; to accelerate; to quicken; to hasten; as, to forward the growth of a plant; to forward one in improvement. 2. To send forward; to send toward the place of…