forthfare

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verb

To go forth; go away; depart; journey.

OriginMiddle English forthfaren ← Old English forþfaran →
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Meanings

forthfare1

verbforthfare (third-person singular simple present forthfares, present participle forthfaring, simple past and past participle forthfared)

present singular third person forthfares · participle present forthfaring · participle past forthfared · past forthfared

  1. intransitiveTo go forth; go away; depart; journey.

    [...] That Love may go forthfaring unafraid.

    1921, Eliakim Littell, The living age: Volume 309 - Page 434
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    When he had learned what he wanted to know, he forthfared to meet Winton at the incoming train.

    1905, Francis Lynde, A fool for love

    [...] with great-hearted Christians fighting for each other instead of against each other, all just forthfaring unitedly for the Christianizing of the world, [...]

    1908, The Homiletic review, volume 56, page 450

    There was nobody to meet me as I forthfared from the prison gates, but I was not expecting any one and so was not disappointed.

    1918, Francis Lynde, Branded

    The evolution of energetic, industrious, forthfaring peoples under the peculiarly favourable climatic conditions of north-western Europe is the most important element in that success.

    2002, Irene Gammel, Making Avonlea
  2. intransitiveTo decease; pass away; die.

forthfare2

nounforthfare (plural forthfares)

plural forthfares

  1. obsoleteDeparture.
  2. obsoletePassing bell, death knell.

Origin

forthfare · verb

  1. Old Englishforþfaran“to go forth, depart”
  2. Middle Englishforthfaren
  3. Englishforthfare

From Middle English forthfaren, from Old English forþfaran (“to go forth, depart”), equivalent to forth- + fare. Related to forþfaru (“departure”) and forþfōr (“departure, death”).

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forthfare · noun

  1. Old Englishforþfaru“a going forth, departure”
  2. Middle Englishforthfare
  3. Englishforthfare

From Middle English forthfare, from Old English forþfaru (“a going forth, departure”).

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Chicago

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