To"ward (?), a. [AS. &?;. See Toward, prep.]
1. Approaching; coming near. "His toward peril." Spenser.
2.
Readly to do or learn; compliant with duty; not froward; apt; docile; tractable; as, a toward youth.
3. Ready to act; forward; bold; valiant.
Why, that is spoken like a
toward prince.
Shak.
{ To"ward , To"wards } adv. Near; at hand;
in state of
preparation.
Do you hear
sught, sir, of a battle toward ?
Shak.
We have a trifling foolish banquet Towards.
Shak.
{ To"ward , To"wards } (?), prep.[AS. &?; impending, imminent, future, toward, &?; towards. See To, and -ward, wards.]
1. In the direction of; to.
He set his face
toward the wilderness.
Num. xxiv. 1.
The waves make
towards\'b6 the pebbled shore.
Shak. 2. With direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or reference to; regarding; concerning.
His eye shall
be evil toward his brother.
Deut. xxviii. 54.
Herein do I exercise myself, to have always a
conscience void of offense toward God, and toward men.
Acts xxiv. 16.
3. Tending to; in the direction of; in behalf of.
This was the first
alarm England received towards any trouble.
Clarendom.
4. Near; about; approaching to.
I am toward nine years older since I left you.
Swift.
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