Part 4531

<h1>Fortune</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>For"tune</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To fall out; to happen.</def>

<blockquote>It <b>fortuned</b> the same night that a Christian, serving a Turk in the camp, secretely gave the watchmen warning. <i>Knolles.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fortuneless</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>For"tune*less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Luckless; also, destitute of a fortune or portion.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Fortunize</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>For"tun*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To regulate the fortune of; to make happy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Forty</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>For"ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>forti</ets>, <ets>fourti</ets>, <ets>fowerty</ets>, AS. <ets>fe\'a2wertig</ets>; <ets>fe\'a2wer</ets> four + suff. <ets>-tig</ets> ten; akin to OS. <ets>fiwartig</ets>, <ets>fiartig</ets>, D. <ets>veertig</ets>, G. <ets>vierzig</ets>, Icel. <ets>fj\'94rut\'c6u</ets>, Sw. <ets>fyratio</ets>, Dan. <ets>fyrretyve</ets>, Goth. <ets>fidw<?/r tigjus</ets>. See <er>Four</er>, and <er>Ten</er>, and cf. <er>Fourteen</er>.]</ety> <def>Four times ten; thirtynine and one more.</def>

<h1>Forty</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>For"ty</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Forties</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The sum of four tens; forty units or objects.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A symbol expressing forty units; as, 40, or xl.</def>

<h1>Forty-spot</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>For"ty-spot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The Tasmanian forty-spotted diamond bird (<spn>Pardalotus quadragintus</spn>).</def>

<h1>Forum</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>Fo"rum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Forums</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, L. <plw>Fora</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L.; akin to <ets>foris</ets>, <ets>foras</ets>, out of doors. See <er>Foreign</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A market place or public place in Rome, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A tribunal; a court; an assembly empowered to hear and decide causes.</def>

<blockquote>He [Lord Camden] was . . . more eminent in the senate than in the <b>forum</b>. <i>Brougham.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Forwaked</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>For*waked"</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>p. p. & a.</tt> <def>Tired out with excessive waking or watching.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Forwander</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>For*wan"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To wander away; to go astray; to wander far and to weariness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><-- sic. ? -->

<h1>Forward</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>For"ward</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE., fr. AS. <ets>foreweard</ets>; <ets>fore</ets> before + <ets>weard</ets> a ward. See <er>Ward</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>An agreement; a covenant; a promise.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Tell us a tale anon, as <b>forward</b> is. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>