Webster's Dictionary 1913

3241

Forspeak

For‐speak″ (?), v. t. [Pref. for- + speak.] 1. To forbid; to prohibit. Shak.2. To bewitch. Drayton.

3242

Forspent

For‐spent″ (?), a. [AS. forspendan to consume; pref. for- + spendan to spend.] Wasted in strength; tired; exhausted.A gentleman almost forspent with speed. Shak.

3243

Forstall

For‐stall″ (?), v. t. To forestall. Spenser.

3244

Forster

Fors″ter (?), n. A forester. Chaucer.

3245

Forstraught

For‐straught″ (?), p. p. & a. [Pref. for- + straught; cf. distraught.] Distracted. Chaucer.

3246

Forswat

For‐swat″ (?), a. [See Sweat.] Spent with heat; covered with sweat. P. Sidney.

3247

Forswear

For‐swear″ (?), v. t. [imp.Forswore (?); p. p.Forsworn (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Forswearing.] [OE. forsweren, forswerien, AS. forswerian; pref. for- + swerian to swear. See For-, and...

3248

Forswear (2)

For‐swear″, v. i. To swear falsely; to commit perjury. Shak.

3249

Forswearer

For‐swear″er (?), n. One who rejects of renounces upon oath; one who swears a false oath.

3250

Forswonk

For‐swonk″ (?), a. [Pref. for- + swonk, p. p. of swinkto labor. See Swink.] Overlabored; exhausted; worn out. Spenser.

3251

Forswore

For‐swore″ (?), imp. of Forswear.

3252

Forsworn

For‐sworn″ (?), p. p. of Forswear.

3253

Forswornness

For‐sworn″ness, n. State of being forsworn.

3254

Forsythia

‖For‐syth″i‐a (?), a. [NL. Named after William Forsyth, who brought in from China.] (Bot.) A shrub of the Olive family, with yellow blossoms.

3255

Fort

Fort (?), n. [F., from fort strong, L. fortis; perh. akin to Skr. darh to fix, make firm, and to E. firm Cf. Forte, Force, Fortalice, Comfort, Effort.] (Mil.) A strong or fortif...

3256

Fortalice

Fort″a‐lice (?), n. [LL. fortalitia, or OF. fortelesce. See Fortress.] (Mil.) A small outwork of a fortification; a fortilage; — called also fortelace.

3257

Forte

Forte (fōrt), n. [IT. forte: cf. F. fort. See Fort.] 1. The strong point; that in which one excels.The construction of a fable seems by no means the forte of our modern poetical...

3258

Forte (2)

‖For″te (fôr″tā̍ or fōr″tā̍), adv. [It. forte, a. & adv., fr. L. fortis strong.] (Mus.) Loudly; strongly; powerfully.

3259

Forted

Fort″ed (?), a. Furnished with, or guarded by, forts; strengthened or defended, as by forts. Shak.

3260

Forth

Forth (?), v. [AS. forð, fr. for akin to D. voort, G. fort √78. See Fore, For, and cf. Afford, Further, adv.] 1. Forward; onward in time, place, or order; in advance from a give...

3261

Forth (2)

Forth, prep. Forth from; out of.Some forth their cabins peep. Donne.

3262

Forth (3)

Forth, n. [OE., a ford. � 78. See Frith.] A way; a passage or ford. Todd.

3263

Forthby

Forth′by″ (?), adv. See Forby.

3264

Forthcoming

Forth″com′ing (fōrth″kŭm′ĭng or fōrth′kŭm″ĭng), a. Ready or about to appear; making appearance.

3265

Forthgoing

Forth″go′ing (? or?), n. A going forth; an utterance. A. Chalmers.

3266

Forthgoing (2)

Forth″go′ing, a. Going forth.

3267

Forthink

For‐think″ (?), v. t. To repent; to regret; to be sorry for; to cause regret. “Let it forthink you.” Tyndale.That me forthinketh, quod this January. Chaucer.