go forth

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “go forth”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. To depart from a place; to set out.
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     "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 places. […]"

2. To be divulged or made generally known; to emanate.

Translations

depart from a place

• Latin: prōdeō (la)
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Further reading

• “go”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• forthgo