Webster's Dictionary 1913

3268

Forthputing

Forth″put′ing (? or?), a. Bold; forward; aggressive.

3269

Forthright

Forth″right′ (? or?), adv. [Forth, adv. + right, adv.] Straight forward; in a straight direction. Sir P. Sidney.

3270

Forthright (2)

Forth″right′, a. Direct; straightforward; as, a forthright man. Lowell.They were Night and Day, and Day and Night,Piligrims wight with steps forthright. Emerson.

3271

Forthright (3)

Forth″right′, n. A straight path.Here's a maze trod, indeed,Through forthrights and meanders! Shak.

3272

Forthrightness

Forth″right′ness, n. Straightforwardness; explicitness; directness.Dante's concise forthrightness of phrase. Hawthorne.

3273

Forthward

Forth″ward (?), adv. [Forth, adv. + -ward.] Forward. Bp. Fisher.

3274

Forthwith

Forth′with″ (? or?; see With), adv. 1. Immediately; without delay; directly.Immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales; and he received sight forthwith. Acts ix....

3275

Forthy

For‐thy″ (?), adv. [AS. forðȳ; for, prep. + ðȳ, instrumental neut. of se, seó, ðæt, pron. demonstrative and article. See The.] Therefore. Spenser.

3276

Forties

For″ties (?), n. pl. See Forty.

3277

Fortieth

For″ti‐eth (?), a. [AS. feówertigo�a. See Forty.] 1. Following the thirty-ninth, or preceded by thirty-nine units, things, or parts.2. Constituting one of forty equal parts into...

3278

Fortieth (2)

For″ti‐eth, n. One of forty equal parts into which one whole is divided; the quotient of a unit divided by forty; one next in order after the thirty-ninth.

3279

Fortifiable

For″ti‐fi′a‐ble (?), a. [Cf. OF. fortifiable.] Capable of being fortified. Johnson.

3280

Fortification

For′ti‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n. [L. fortificatio: cf. F. fortification.] 1. The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places in order to defend them against an enemy.2. ...

3281

Fortifier

For″ti‐fi′er (?), n. One who, or that which, fortifies, strengthens, supports, or upholds.

3282

Fortify

For″ti‐fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Fortified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fortifying.] [F. fortifier, L. fortificare; fortis strong + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Fort, and -fy.] 1. To...

3283

Fortify (2)

For″ti‐fy, v. i. To raise defensive works. Milton.

3284

Fortilage

For″ti‐lage (?; 48), n. [Cf. Fortalice.] A little fort; a blockhouse. Spenser.

3285

Fortin

Fort″in (?), n. [F. See Fort, n.] A little fort; a fortlet.

3286

Fortissimo

‖For‐tis″si‐mo (? or?), adv. [It., superl. of forte, adv. See Forte, adv.] (Mus.) Very loud; with the utmost strength or loudness.

3287

Fortition

For‐ti″tion (?), n. [See Fortuitous.] Casual choice; fortuitous selection; hazard.No mode of election operating in the spirit of fortition or rotation can be generally good. Burke.

3288

Fortitude

For″ti‐tude (?), n. [L. fortitudo, fr. fortis strong. See Fort.] 1. Power to resist attack; strength; firmness.The fortitude of the place is best known to you. Shak.2. That stre...

3289

Fortitudinous

For′ti‐tu″di‐nous (?), a. Having fortitude; courageous. Gibbon.

3290

Fortlet

Fort″let (?), n. A little fort. Bailey.

3291

Fortnight

Fort″night′ (?; in U.S. often?; 277), n. [Contr. fr. fourteen nights, our ancestors reckoning time by nights and winters; so, also, seven nights, sennight, a week.] The space of...

3292

Fortnightly

Fort″night′ly (?), a. Occurring or appearing once in a fortnight; as, a fortnightly meeting of a club; a fortnightly magazine, or other publication. — adv. Once in a fortnight; ...

3293

Fortread

For‐tread″ (?), v. t. To tread down; to trample upon.In hell shall they be all fortroden of devils. Chaucer.

3294

Fortress

For″tress (?), n.; pl.Fortresses (#). [F. forteresse, OF. forteresce, fortelesce, LL. foralitia, fr. L. fortis strong. See Fort, and cf. Fortalice.] A fortified place; a large a...