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Forward
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) An agreement; a covenant; a promise.
(2):
(v. t.) To send forward; to send toward the place of destination; to transmit; as, to forward a letter.
(3):
(adv.) Alt. of Forwards
(4):
(a.) Near, or at the fore part; in advance of something else; as, the forward gun in a ship, or the forward ship in a fleet.
(5):
(a.) Ready; prompt; strongly inclined; in an ill sense, overready; to hasty.
(6):
(a.) Ardent; eager; earnest; in an ill sense, less reserved or modest than is proper; bold; confident; as, the boy is too forward for his years.
(7):
(a.) Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for season; as, the grass is forward, or forward for the season; we have a forward spring.
(8):
(v. t.) To help onward; to advance; to promote; to accelerate; to quicken; to hasten; as, to forward the growth of a plant; to forward one in improvement.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Forward'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/f/forward.html. 1828.
