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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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For-bid'den-fruit, n. p. 531(Bot.) A small variety of shaddock; the Citrus decumana.For-bid'den-ly, adv. p. 531In a forbidden or unlawful manner. Shak.For-bĭd'den-ness, n. p. 531A state of being prohibited. [Obs.] Boyle.For-bĭd'der, n. p. 531One who, or that which, forbids.For-bĭd'ding, p. a. p. 531Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air. Syn. — Disagreeable; unpleasant; displeasing…For-bĭd'ding-ly, adv. p. 531In a forbidding manner.For-bōre', imp. p. 531of forbear.For-bōrne', p. p. p. 531of forbear.Fōrce, n. p. 531Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often an unusual degree of strength or energy; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect; especially, power to…Fōrce, v. t. p. 531To constrain to do, or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible; to compel by physical, moral, or intellectual means; to coerce; as, men are forced to submit to conquerors; masters force…Fōrçe, v. t. p. 531To use violence; to make violent effort; to strive; to endeavor. 2. To make a difficult matter of any thing; to hesitate; hence, to force of, to make much account of; to regard. Your oath once broke…Fōrçe, v. t. p. 531To stuff; to lard; to farce. Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit. Shak.Fōr'çed-ly, adv. p. 531In a forced manner; violently; constrainedly; unnaturally. [Rare.]Fōr'çed-ness, n. p. 531The state of being forced; distortion.Fōrce'ful, a. p. 531Full of force or might; driven with force; acting with power; mighty. Against the steed he threw His forceful spear. Dryden.Fōrçe'ful-ly, adv. p. 531Violently; impetuously.Fōrçe'less, a. p. 531Having little or no force; feeble; impotent. These forceless flowers like sturdy trees support me. Shak.Fōrçe'-mēat, n. p. 531(Cookery.) Meat chopped fine and highly seasoned, either served up alone, or used as a stuffing.Fōrçe'ment, n. p. 531The act of forcing; violence committed. [Obs.] It was imposed upon us by constraint: And will you count such force-ment treachery? J. Webster.Fōr'ceps, n. p. 531A pair of pincers or tongs; an instrument for holding bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of…Fōrçe'-pŭmp, n. p. 531See FORCING-PUMP.Fōr'çer, n. p. 531One who, or that which, forces or drives; specifically, the solid piston of a pump; the instrument by which water is driven up a pump.Fōr'çi-ble, a. p. 531Possessing force; characterized by force, efficiency, or energy; powerful; efficacious; impressive. How forcible are right words! Job vi. 25. Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances, when…Fōr'çi-ble-fee'ble, a. p. 531Seemingly vigorous, but really weak or insipid. He [Prof. Aytoun] would purge his book of much offensive matter, if he struck out epithets which are in the bad taste of the forcible-feeble school. N.…Fōr'çi-ble-ness, n. p. 531The quality of being forcible.Fōr'çi-bly, adv. p. 531In a forcible manner; strongly; powerfully; by violence; by constraint. To enforce these rights so forcibly withheld. Shak. The gospel offers such considerations as are fit to work very forcibly on…Fōr'çing, n. p. 531(Gardening.) The art of raising plants, flowers, and fruits, at an earlier season than the natural one, by artificial heat.Fōr'çing-house, n. p. 531A hot-house for fruits, &c.Fōr'çing-pĭt, n. p. 531A frame sunk in the earth for forcing plants; a hot-bed.Fōr'çing-pŭmp, n. p. 531A kind of pump used to throw water to a distance, or to force it onward by the direct action of the piston. Its piston, unlike that of a suction pump, is solid, and it has also a side tube through…Fōr'ci-pal, a. p. 532Of the nature of forceps or pincers. [Obs.] Mechanics make use hereof in forcipal organs. Browne.Fôr'ci-pā'ted, a. p. 532Formed like a forceps, to open and inclose; as, a forcipated mouth. [Obs.] Derham.Fòr'ci-pā'tion, n. p. 532A pinching with forceps or pincers. Bacon.Fōrd, n. p. 532A place in a river, or other water, where it may be passed by man or beast on foot, or by wading. At the ford of Jordan, whither all flock To the Baptist. Milton. 2. A stream; a current. With water…Fōrd, v. t. p. 532To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by treading or walking on the bottom; to pass through by wading; to wade through.Fōrd'a-ble, a. p. 532Capable of being waded or passed through on foot, as water.For-dō', v. t. p. 532To destroy; to undo; to ruin. His eldest daughters have fordone themselves, And desperately are dead. Shak. 2. To overcome with fatigue; to exhaust. “All with weary task fordone.” Shak.For-dōne', n. p. 532Undoing; ruin. [Obs.] Spencer.For-drīve', a. p. 532Driven away. [Obs.] Chaucer.For-drŭnk'en, a. p. 532Utterly drunk. [Obs.] Chaucer.For-drȳ', a. p. 532Entirely dry. [Obs.] Chaucer.For-dwīned’, a. p. 532Dwindled away; consumed; vanished. [Obs.] Chaucer.Fōre, a. p. 532Advanced in place or position; coming first, as compared with something else; toward the front; forward;—opposed to back or behind; as, the fore part of a garment. 2. Advanced in time; occurring…Fōre, adv. p. 532In advance; at the front; in the part that precedes or goes first. Fore and aft (Naut.), from one end of the vessel to the other; lengthwise of the vessel. R. H. Dana.Fōre'-ad-mōn'ish, v. t. p. 532To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event. Bp. Hall.Fōre'-ad-vīse', v. t. p. 532To advise or counsel before the time of action, or before the event; to pre-admonish. Shak.Fōre'-al-lē'ge', v. t. p. 532To allege or cite before. [Fotherby.]Fōre'-ap-point', v. t. p. 532To set, order, or appoint, beforehand. Sherwood.Fōre'-ap-point'ment, n. p. 532Previous appointment; pre-ordination. Sherwood.Fōre-ār'm, v. t. p. 532To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need. South.Fōre'-ārm, n. p. 532(Anat.) That part of the arm between the elbow and the wrist.Fōre'-bāy, n. p. 532The part of a mill-race where the water flows upon the wheel.Fōre-bēar', n. p. 532Foremother; ancestress. [Obs.]Fōre'-be-lief', n. p. 532Previous belief.Fōre-bōde', v. t. p. 532To foretell; to prognosticate. 2. To be prescient of, as of some misfortune or trial; to have an inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is to happen; to augur despondingly. My heart forebodes I…Fōre-bōde’, n. p. 532Prophecy; prognostication; presage. [Obs.] Goodwin.Fōre-bōde'ment, n. p. 532The act of foreboding.Fōre-bōd’er, n. p. 532One who forebodes; a soothsayer; a prognosticator. D’Estrange.Fōre-bōd'ing-ly, adv. p. 532In a foreboding manner.Fōre'-bŏd'y, n. p. 532(Naut.) The front part of a ship, from the mainmast to the head.