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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Onward

Ŏn'ward, a.

adjective

a. [A-S. onweard, anweard, untoward, opposed.]

  1. Advanced or advancing; as, an onward course.
  2. Tending or carried toward a contemplated or desirable end; increased; improved.

Within a while, Philoxenus came to see how onward the fruits were of his friend's labor. Sidney.

Ŏn'ward, adv.

adverb

adv. Toward the point before or in front; forward; progressively; in advance; as, to move onward.

Not one looks backward; onward still he goes. Pope.