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withoutforth

withoutforth adverb: without; outside; outwardly.

Adverb

withoutforth (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Without; outside; outwardly.
    • 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, 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 withoutforth

From Middle English withouteforth, from withoute + forth, equivalent to without + forth.

Questions about withoutforth

What does withoutforth mean?
Withoutforth means without; outside; outwardly.
What part of speech is withoutforth?
Withoutforth is an adverb.

Words near withoutforth in the dictionary

  1. without welt or guard
  2. without-door
  3. withoutcha
  4. withoutdoors
  5. withoute
  6. withoutforth
  7. withoutness
  8. withoutside
  9. withoutward
  10. withoutwards
  11. Withrow

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