FORBATHE
FORBA'THE, verb transitive To bathe. [Not in use.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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FORBEAR
FORBEAR, verb intransitivepreterit tense forbore; participle passive forborne.1. To stop; to cease; to hold from proceeding; as, forbear to repeat these reproachful words.2. To ...
FORBEARANCE
FORBEARANCE, noun1. The act of avoiding, shunning or omitting; either the cessation or intermission of an act commenced, or a withholding from beginning an act. Liberty is the p...
FORBEARER
FORBEARER, noun One that intermits or intercepts.
FORBEARING
FORBEARING, participle present tense1. Ceasing; pausing; withholding from action; exercising patience and indulgence.2.adjective Patient; long suffering.FORBEARING, noun A ceasi...
FORBID
FORBID', verb transitivepreterit tense forbad; participle passiveforbid forbidden. Literally, to bid or command against. Hence,1. To prohibit; to interdict; to command to forbea...
FORBIDDANCE
FORBID'DANCE, noun Prohibition; command or edict against a thing. [Little used.]
FORBIDDENLY
FORBID'DENLY, adverb In an unlawful manner.
FORBIDDENNESS
FORBID'DENNESS, noun A state of being prohibited. [Not used.]
FORBIDDER
FORBID'DER, noun He or that which forbids or enacts a prohibition.
FORBIDDING
FORBID'DING, participle present tense1. Prohibiting; hindering.2.adjective Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion or dislike; disagreeable; as a forbidding ...
FORBORE
FORBO'RE, preterit tense of forebear.
FORBORNE
FORBORNE, participle passive of forbear.Few ever repented of having forborne to speak.
FORCE
FORCE, noun [Latin fortis. All words denoting force power, strength, are from verbs which express straining, or driving, rushing, and this word has the elements of Latin vireo.]...
FORCED
FORCED, participle passive1. Compelled; impelled; driven by violence; urged; stormed; ravished.2.adjective Affected; overstrained; unnatural; as a forced style.
FORCEDLY
FORCEDLY, adverb Violently; constrainedly; unnaturally. [Little used.]
FORCEDNESS
FORCEDNESS, noun The state of being forced; distortion.
FORCEFUL
FORCEFUL, adjective1. Impelled by violence; driven with force; acting with power.Against the steed he threw his forceful spear.2. Violent; impetuous.
FORCEFULLY
FORCEFULLY, adverb Violently; impetuously.
FORCELESS
FORCELESS, adjective Having little or not force; feeble; impotent.
FORCEMEAT
FORCEMEAT, noun A kind of stuffing in cookery.
FORCEPS
FOR'CEPS, noun [Latin] Literally, a pair of pinchers or tongs.In surgery, an instrument for extracting any thing from a wound, and for like purposes.A pair of scissors for cutti...
FORCER
FORCER, noun1. He or that which forces, drives or constrains.2. The embolus of a pump; the instrument by which water is driven up a pump.
FORCIBLE
FORCIBLE, adjective1. Powerful; strong; mighty; as a punishment forcible to bridle sin.2. Violent; impetuous; driving forward with force; as a forcible stream.3. Efficacious; ac...
FORCIBLENESS
FORCIBLENESS, noun Force; violence.
FORCIBLY
FORCIBLY, adverb1. By violence or force.2. Strongly; powerfully; with power or energy; impressively.The gospel offers such considerations as are fit to work very forcibly on our...
FORCING
FORCING, participle present tense1. Compelling; impelling; driving; storming; ravishing.2. Causing to ripen before the natural season, as fruit; or causing to produce ripe fruit...