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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Fôr'ni-ēâte or Fôr'ni-ēâ'ted, a.p. 536Vaulted like an oven or furnace; arched. 2. (Bot.) Arching over; over-arched. Gray.
  2. Fôr'ni-cāte, v. i.p. 536To commit lewdness; to have unlawful sexual intercourse.
  3. Fôr'ni-cā'tion, n.p. 536The incontinence or lewdness of an unmarried person, male or female; also, the criminal conversation of a married man with an unmarried woman. 2. (Script.) (a.) Adultery. (b.) Incest. (c.) Idolatry.…
  4. Fôr'ni-cā'tor, n.p. 536An unmarried person, male or female, who has criminal conversation with the other sex; also, a married man who has sexual commerce with an unmarried woman; one guilty of fornication.
  5. Fôr'ni-cā'tress, n.p. 536An unmarried female guilty of lewdness. Shak.
  6. For-pâss’, v. i.p. 536To forepass. [Obs.] Spenser.
  7. For-pīne', v. i.p. 536To pine or waste away. [Obs.] Spenser.
  8. Fôr'rāy or For-rāy', v. t.p. 536To ravage. [Obs.] For they that morn had forraged all the land. Fairfax.
  9. Fôr'rây or For-rây', n.p. 536The act of ravaging; a ravaging; a predatory excursion. See FORAY.
  10. Fōr'rill, n.p. 536A kind of parchment; forel. Simmonds.
  11. For-sāke', v. t.p. 536To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart or withdraw from; to leave; as, friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity. Forsake the foolish, and live. Prov. ix. 6. 2. To abandon…
  12. For-sāk'en-ness, n.p. 536State of being forsaken.
  13. For-sāk'er, n.p. 536One who forsakes or deserts.
  14. For-sāy', v. t.p. 536To forbid; to renounce. [Obs.]
  15. For-shāpe’, v. t.p. 536To render misshapen. [Obs.]
  16. For-slăck', v. t.p. 536To foreslack, q. v. [Obs.] Spenser.
  17. For-slōw', v. t.p. 536To foreslow, q. v. [Obs.] Spenser.
  18. For-sōoth', adv.p. 536In truth; in fact; certainly; very well; — often used ironically. A fit man, forsooth, to govern a realm! Hayward. Forsooth appears to have been formerly a term used much with and by women, in a…
  19. For-spēak’, v. t.p. 536To forbid; to prohibit. Shak. 2. To injure by undue praise. 3. To forespeak, q. v.
  20. For-spĕnt', a.p. 536Forespent, q. v. [Obs.] Shak.
  21. For-stall', v. t.p. 536To forestall, q. v. Spenser.
  22. Fôr'ster, n.p. 536A forester. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  23. For-swat', a.p. 536Foreswat. See FORESWAT. Spenser.
  24. For-swêar', v. t.p. 536To reject or renounce upon oath; hence, to renounce earnestly, determinedly, or with protestations. “I . . . do forswear her?” Shak. 2. To deny upon oath. Like innocence, and as serenely bold As…
  25. For-sweâr', v. i.p. 536To swear falsely; to commit perjury. Shak.
  26. For-sweâr'er, n.p. 536One who rejects or denies upon oath; one who swears a false oath.
  27. For-swōnk', a.p. 536Overlabored. [Obs.]
  28. For-swōre', imp.p. 536of forswear.
  29. For-swōrn’, p. p.p. 536of forswear. Renounced on oath; perjured.
  30. For-swōrn'ness, n.p. 536The state of being forsworn.
  31. Fôrt, n.p. 536(Mil.) A fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other means of defense; a…
  32. Fōrt'al-īçe, n.p. 536(Mil.) A small outwork of a fortification; a fortilage; — called also fortelace. W. Scott.
  33. Fōrte, n.p. 537The strong point; that in which one excels. The construction of a fable seems by no means the forte of our modern poetical writers. Jeffrey.
  34. Fōr'te, adv.p. 537(Mus.) Loud; strong; powerfully.
  35. For-tēach’, v. t.p. 537To unteach; to contradict. [Obs.] Spenser.
  36. Fōrt'ed, a.p. 537Furnished with forts; guarded by forts; strengthened or defended, as by forts. A forted residence 'gainst the tooth of Time. Shak.
  37. Fōrth, adv.p. 537Forward; onward in time or in place; in advance from a given point; as, from that day forth; from that time forth; one, two, three, and so forth. Lucas was Paul's companion, at the leastway from the…
  38. Fōrth, prep.p. 537Forth from. [Obs.] Some forth their cabins peep. Donne.
  39. Förth, n.p. 537A way. [Obs.] Todd.
  40. Fōrth'-cōm'ing, a.p. 537Ready to appear; making appearance; as, the prisoner is forth-coming.
  41. Fōrth'-gō'ing, n.p. 537A going forth, or utterance; a proceeding out. Chalmers.
  42. Fōrth'-gō'ing, a.p. 537Going forth.
  43. For-thĭnk', v. t.p. 537To repent; to regret; to be sorry for. [Obs.] “Let it forthink you.” Tyndale. That me forthinketh, quad this January. Chaucer.
  44. Fōrth-rīght′, adv.p. 537Straight forward; in a straight direction. [Obs.] Sidney.
  45. Fōrth-rīght’, n.p. 537A straight path. [Obs.] Shak.
  46. Fōrth’ward, adv.p. 537Forward. [Obs.] Bp. Fisher.
  47. Fōrth-wĭth', adv.p. 537Immediately; without delay; directly. Immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales; and he received sight forthwith. Acts ix. 18. 2. (Law.) As soon as the thing required may be done by…
  48. Fōr’thy, adv.p. 537Therefore. [Obs.] Spenser.
  49. Fōr'ti-eth, a.p. 537Following the thirty-ninth, or preceded by thirty-nine. 2. Constituting one of forty parts into which any thing is divided.
  50. Fōr'ti-eth, n.p. 537One of forty equal parts into which one whole is divided; the quotient of a unit divided by forty.
  51. Fôr'ti-fī'a-ble, a.p. 537Capable of being fortified.
  52. Fōr'/ti-fi-cā'tion, n.p. 537The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places to defend them against an enemy. 2. That which fortifies or strengthens; especially, the works erected to defend a place against attack…
  53. Fōr'ti-fi'er, n.p. 537One who, or that which, fortifies, strengthens, supports, and upholds.
  54. Fôr'ti-fy, v. t.p. 537To add strength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish with power to resist attack. He's fortified against any denial. Shak. Timidity was fortified by pride. Gibbon. Pride came to the aid of…
  55. Fōr'ti-fy, v. i.p. 537To raise strong places. Milton.
  56. Fōr'ti-lāge, n.p. 537A little fort; a blockhouse. [Obs.] Spenser.
  57. Fōrt'in, n.p. 537A little fort; a field fort; a sconce; a fortlet. [Obs.] Shak.
  58. For-tis'si-mo, adv.p. 537(Mus.) Very loud; with the utmost strength or loudness.
  59. For-tĭ'tion, n.p. 537Casual choice; fortuitous selection. No mode of election operating in the spirit of fortition or rotation can be generally good. Burke.
  60. Fōr'ti-tūde, n.p. 537Power to resist attack; strength. [Obs.] The fortitude of the place is best known to you. Shak. 2. That strength or firmness of mind which enables a person to encounter danger with coolness and…