For"ward (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forwarded;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Forwarding.]
1.
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.
2. To send forward; to send toward the place of destination; to transmit; as, to forward a letter.
For"ward , a.
1. 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.
2. Ready; prompt; strongly inclined; in an ill sense, overready; too hasty.
Only they would that we
should remember the poor; the
same which I also was forward to do.
Gal. ii. 10. Nor do we find him forward to be sounded.
Shak.
3. 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.
I
have known men disagreeably forward from their shyness.
T. Arnold. 4. Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; as, the grass is
forward, or forward for the season; we have a forward spring.
The most
forward bud
Is eaten by the
canker ere it blow.
Shak.
{ For"ward (?), For"wards (?) }, adv. [AS. forweard, foreweard; for, fore +
-weardes; akin to G. vorwärts. The s is properly a genitive ending. See For, Fore, and -ward, -wards.]
Toward a part or place
before or in front; onward; in advance; progressively; -- opposed to backward.
For"ward (?), n. [OE.,
fr. AS. foreweard; fore before + weard
a ward. See
Ward, n.]
An agreement; a covenant; a promise. [Obs.]
Tell us a tale anon, as
forward is.
Chaucer.
Hear it pronounced