From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Forward \For"ward\, a.
1. Near, or at the fore part; in advance of something else;
as, the forward gun in a ship, or the forward ship in a
fleet.
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2. Ready; prompt; strongly inclined; in an ill sense,
overready; too hasty.
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Only they would that we should remember the poor;
the same which I also was forward to do. --Gal. ii.
10.
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Nor do we find him forward to be sounded. --Shak.
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3. Ardent; eager; earnest; in an ill sense, less reserved or
modest than is proper; bold; confident; as, the boy is too
forward for his years.
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I have known men disagreeably forward from their
shyness. --T. Arnold.
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4. Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season;
as, the grass is forward, or forward for the season; we
have a forward spring.
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The most forward bud
Is eaten by the canker ere it blow. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Forward \For"ward\, n. [OE., fr. AS. foreweard; fore before +
weard a ward. See {Ward}, n.]
An agreement; a covenant; a promise. [Obs.]
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Tell us a tale anon, as forward is. --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Forward \For"ward\, Forwards \For"wards\, adv. [AS. forweard,
foreweard; for, fore + -weardes; akin to G. vorw[aum]rts. The
s is properly a genitive ending. See {For}, {Fore}, and
{-ward}, {-wards}.]
Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in
advance; progressively; -- opposed to backward.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Forward \For"ward\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forwarded}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Forwarding}.]
1. To help onward; to advance; to promote; to accelerate; to
quicken; to hasten; as, to forward the growth of a plant;
to forward one in improvement.
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2. To send forward; to send toward the place of destination;
to transmit; as, to forward a letter.
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