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go forth

go forth verb: to move oneself forward or onward.

Verb

go forth (third-person singular simple present goes forth, present participle going forth, simple past went forth, past participle gone forth)

  1. To move oneself forward or onward
  2. To depart from a place; to set out.
    • "I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering...1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter II, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
  3. To be divulged or made generally known; to spread; to emanate.

Forms of go forth

third-person singular presentgoes forth
present participlegoing forth
pastwent forth
past participlegone forth

Origin of go forth

From Middle English gon forth, equivalent to go + forth. Compare forthgo.

Words formed from go forth

Questions about go forth

What does go forth mean?
Go forth means to move oneself forward or onward.
What part of speech is go forth?
Go forth is a verb.
What is the past tense of go forth?
The past tense of go forth is went forth.

Words near go forth in the dictionary

  1. go for the jugular
  2. go for the jugular vein
  3. go for the kill
  4. go for the throat
  5. go for your life
  6. go forth
  7. go forth and multiply
  8. go free
  9. go from 0 to 100
  10. go from bad to worse
  11. go from strength to strength

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