Part 4532

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

<hw><hw>For"ward</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>For"wards</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>forweard</ets>, <ets>foreweard</ets>; <ets>for</ets>, <ets>fore</ets> + <ets>-weardes</ets>; akin to G. <ets>vorw\'84rts</ets>. The <ets>s</ets> is properly a genitive ending. See <er>For</er>, <er>Fore</er>, and <er>-ward</er>, <er>-wards</er>.]</ety> <def>Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in advance; progressively; -- opposed to <i>backward</i>.</def>

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<hw>For"ward</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Near, or at the fore part; in advance of something else; <as>as, the <ex>forward</ex> gun in a ship, or the <ex>forward</ex> ship in a fleet</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Ready; prompt; strongly inclined; in an ill sense, overready; to hasty.</def>

<blockquote>Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was <b>forward</b> to do. <i>Gal. ii. 10.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Nor do we find him <b>forward</b> to be sounded. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Ardent; eager; earnest; in an ill sense, less reserved or modest than is proper; bold; confident; <as>as, the boy is too <ex>forward</ex> for his years</as>.</def>

<blockquote>I have known men disagreeably <b>forward</b> from their shyness. <i>T. Arnold.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for season; <as>as, the grass is <ex>forward</ex>, or <ex>forward</ex> for the season; we have a <ex>forward</ex> spring.</as></def> <-- the latter sense is now <er>early.</er> -->

<blockquote>The most <b>forward</b> bud Is eaten by the canker ere it blow. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>For"ward</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Forwarded</er>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Forwarding</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To help onward; to advance; to promote; to accelerate; to quicken; to hasten; <as>as, to <ex>forward</ex> the growth of a plant; to <ex>forward</ex> one in improvement.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To send forward; to send toward the place of destination; to transmit; <as>as, to <ex>forward</ex> a letter</as>.</def>

<h1>Forwarder</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>For"ward*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who forwards or promotes; a promoter.</def>

<i>Udall.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who sends forward anything; <fld>(Com.)</fld> one who transmits goods; a forwarding merchant.</def> <-- e.g. freight forwarder -->

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Bookbinding)</fld> <def>One employed in forwarding.</def>

<h1>Forwarding</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>For"ward*ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of one who forwards; the act or occupation of transmitting merchandise or other property for others.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bookbinding)</fld> <def>The process of putting a book into its cover, and making it ready for the finisher.</def>

<h1>Forwardly</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>For"ward*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Eagerly; hastily; obtrusively.</def>

<h1>Forwardness</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>For"ward*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being forward; cheerful readiness; promtness; <as>as, the <ex>forwardness</ex> of Christians in propagating the gospel</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An advanced stage of progress or of preparation; advancement; <as>as, his measures were in great <ex>forwardness</ex></as>.</def>

<i>Robertson.</i>