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withinforth

withinforth adverb: within; inside; inwardly.

Adverb

withinforth (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Within; inside; inwardly.
    • And I sawȝ, and loo! an hoond was sent to me, in whom was a boke foldyn. And he leide it abrood before me, the which was writen withinforth and withoutforth. And lamentaciouns, and dite, or soong, and woo, was writen in it.c. 1382–1395, John Wycliffe [et al.], edited by Josiah Forshall and Frederic Madden, The Holy Bible, […], volume III, Oxford: At the University Press, published 1850, →OCLC, Ezekiel 2:9–10, page 505...
    • [It is much greater] labour for to withinforth call into mind, without sight of the eye withoutforth upon images, what he before knew and thought upon.c. 1449-1455, Reginald Pecock, Represser of over-much weeting [blaming] of the Clergie

Origin of withinforth

From Middle English withinforth, from withinne + forth, equivalent to within + forth.

Questions about withinforth

What does withinforth mean?
Withinforth means within; inside; inwardly.
What part of speech is withinforth?
Withinforth is an adverb.

Words near withinforth in the dictionary

  1. within the pale
  2. within touching distance
  3. within-doors
  4. within-subjects
  5. withindoors
  6. withinforth
  7. withing
  8. Withington
  9. Withingtons
  10. withinness
  11. Withinshaw

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