forthfare
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "When he had learned what he wanted to know, he forthfared to meet Winton at the incoming train."
- "[...] with great-hearted Christians fighting for each other instead of against each other, all just forthfaring unitedly for the Christianizing of the world, [...]"
- "There was nobody to meet me as I forthfared from the prison gates, but I was not expecting any one and so was not disappointed."
- "[...] That Love may go forthfaring unafraid."
- "The evolution of energetic, industrious, forthfaring peoples under the peculiarly favourable climatic conditions of north-western Europe is the most important element in that success."
Etymology
From Middle English forthfaren, from Old English forþfaran (“to go forth, depart”), equivalent to forth- + fare. Related to forþfaru (“departure”) and forþfōr (“departure, death”).
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Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
forthfares (present, singular)
forthfaring (participle, present)
forthfared (participle, past)
forthfared (past)
forthfares (plural)