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forthfare

forthfare verb: to go forth; go away; depart; journey.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To go forth; go away; depart; journey.
    • 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
  2. (intransitive) To decease; pass away; die.

Noun

forthfare (plural forthfares)

  1. (obsolete) Departure.
  2. (obsolete) Passing bell, death knell.

Forms of forthfare

Verb
third-person singular presentforthfares
present participleforthfaring
past participleforthfared
pastforthfared
Noun
pluralforthfares

Origin of forthfare

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

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

Words formed from forthfare

Questions about forthfare

What does forthfare mean?
Forthfare means to go forth; go away; depart; journey.
What part of speech is forthfare?
Forthfare can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of forthfare?
The past tense of forthfare is forthfared.

Words near forthfare in the dictionary

  1. forthdrawn
  2. forthdraws
  3. forthdrew
  4. forthe
  5. forthen
  6. forthfare
  7. forthfares
  8. forthfaring
  9. forthfather
  10. forthfathers
  11. forthfill

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