Part 4525

<hw>Forte</hw> <tt>(f&omac;rt)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[IT. <ets>forte</ets>: cf. F. <ets>fort</ets>. See <er>Fort</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The strong point; that in which one excels.</def> <-- sense 2 is often pronounced <tt>f&omac;rt"&amac;</tt> -->

<blockquote>The construction of a fable seems by no means the <b>forte</b> of our modern poetical writers. <i>Jeffrey.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The stronger part of the blade of a sword; the part of half nearest the hilt; -- opposed to <i>foible</i>.</def>

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<hw>For"te</hw> <tt>(f&ocir;r"t&asl; &or; f&omac;r"t&asl;)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>forte</ets>, <tt>a. & adv.</tt>, fr. L. <ets>fortis</ets> strong.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Loudly; strongly; powerfully.</def>

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<hw>Fort"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Furnished with, or guarded by, forts; strengthened or defended, as by forts.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Forth</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v.</tt><ety>[AS. <ets>for&edh;</ets>, fr. <ets>for</ets> akin to D. <ets>voort</ets>, G. <ets>fort</ets> &root;78. See <er>Fore</er>, <er>For</er>, and cf. <er>Afford</er>, <er>Further</er>, <ets>adv</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Forward; onward in time, place, or order; in advance from a given point; on to end; <as>as, from that day <ex>forth</ex>; one, two, three, and so <ex>forth</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>Lucas was Paul's companion, at the leastway from the sixteenth of the Acts <b>forth</b>. <i>Tyndale.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>From this time <b>forth</b>, <b>I never will speak word</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I repeated the Ave Maria; the inquisitor bad me say <b>forth</b>; I said I was taught no more. <i>Strype.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Out, as from a state of concealment, retirement, confinement, nondevelopment, or the like; out into notice or view; <as>as, the plants in spring put <ex>forth</ex> leaves</as>.</def>

<blockquote>When winter past, and summer scarce begun, Invites them <b>forth</b> to labor in the sun. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out.</def>

<blockquote>I have no mind of feasting <b>forth</b> to-night. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Throughly; from beginning to end.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<cs><mcol><col>And so forth</col>, <col>Back and forth</col>, <col>From forth</col></mcol>. <cd>See under <er>And</er>, <er>Back</er>, and <er>From</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Forth of</col>, <col>Forth from</col></mcol>, <cd>out of <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd> <i>Shak.</i> -- <col>To bring forth</col>. <cd>See under <er>Bring</er>.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Forth</hw>, <tt>prep.</tt> <def>Forth from; out of.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>Some <b>forth</b> their cabins peep. <i>Donne.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Forth</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE., a ford. <?/ 78. See <er>Frith</er>.]</ety> <def>A way; a passage or ford.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Todd.</i>

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<hw>Forth`by"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Forby</er>.</def>