Fomenter – Foreguess

Fomenter

FOMENT'ER, noun One who foments; one who encourages or instigates; as a fomenter of sedition.

Fomenting

FOMENT'ING, participle present tense

1. Applying warm lotions.

2. Encouraging; abetting; promoting.

Fon

FON, noun A fool; an idiot. obsolete

Fond

FOND, adjective

1. Foolish; silly; weak; indiscreet; imprudent;

Grant I may never prove so fond

To trust man on his oath or bond.

FOND thoughts may fall into some idle brain.

2. Foolishly tender and loving; doting; weakly indulgent; as a fond mother or wife.

3. Much pleased; loving ardently; delighted with. A child is fond of play; a gentleman is fond of his sports, or of his country seat. In present usage, fond does not always imply weakness or folly.

4. Relishing highly. The epicure is fond of high seasoned food. Multitudes of men are too fond of strong drink.

5. Trifling; valued by folly. [Little used.]

FOND, verb transitive To treat with great indulgence or tenderness; to caress; to cocker.

The Tyrian hugs and fonds thee on her breast.

FOND is thus used by the poets only. We now use fondle.

FOND, verb intransitive To be fond of; to be in love with; to dote on. [Little used.]

Fondle

FOND'LE, verb transitive To treat with tenderness; to caress; as, a nurse fondles a child.

Fondled

FOND'LED, participle passive Treated with affection; caressed.

Fondler

FOND'LER, noun One who fondles.

Fondling

FOND'LING, participle present tense Caressing; treating with tenderness.

FOND'LING, noun A person or thing fondled or caressed.

Fondly

FOND'LY, adverb

1. Foolishly; weakly; imprudently; with indiscreet affection.

Fondly we think we merit honor then,

When we but praise ourselves in other men.

2. With great or extreme affection. We fondly embrace those who are dear to us.

Fondness

FOND'NESS, noun

1. Foolishness; weakness; want of sense or judgment. obsolete

2. Foolish tenderness.

3. Tender passion; warm affection.

Her fondness for a certain earl began when I was but a girl.

4. Strong inclination or propensity; as a fondness for vice or sin.

5. Strong appetite or relish; as fondness for ardent spirit, or for a particular kind of food.

[It is now used chiefly in the three latter senses.]

Font

FONT, noun [Latin fundo, to pour out.]

A large basin or stone vessel in which water is contained for baptizing children or other persons in the church.

FONT, noun [Latin fundo, to pour out.]

A complete assortment of printing types of one size, including a due proportion of all the letters in the alphabet, large and small, points, accents, and whatever else is necessary for printing with that letter.

Fontal

FONT'AL, adjective Pertaining to a fount, fountain, source or origin.

Fontanel

FONT'ANEL, noun

1. An issue for the discharge of humors from the body.

2. A vacancy in the infant cranium, between the frontal and parietal bones, and also between the parietal and occipital, at the two extremities of the sagittal suture.

Fontange

FONTANGE, noun fontanj'.

A knot of ribbons on the top of a head-dress.

Food

FOOD, noun [See Feed.]

1. In a general sense, whatever is eaten by animals for nourishment, and whatever supplies nutriment to plants.

2. Meat; aliment; flesh or vegetables eaten for sustaining human life; victuals; provisions; whatever is or may be eaten for nourishment.

Feed me with food convenient for me. Proverbs 30:8.

3. Whatever supplies nourishment and growth to plants, as water, carbonic acid gas, etc. Manuring substances furnish plants with food

4. Something that sustains, nourishes and augments. Flattery is the food of vanity.

FOOD, verb transitive To feed. [Not in use.]

Foodful

FOOD'FUL, adjective Supplying food; full of food.

Foodless

FOOD'LESS, adjective Without food; destitute of provisions; barren.

Foody

FOOD'Y, adjective Eatable; fit for food. [Not used.]

Fool

FOOL, noun [Heb.]

1. One who is destitute of reason, or the common powers of understanding; an idiot. Some persons are born fools, and are called natural fools; others may become fools by some injury done to the brain.

2. In common language, a person who is somewhat deficient in intellect, but not an idiot; or a person who acts absurdly; one who does not exercise his reason; one who pursues a course contrary to the dictates of wisdom.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

3. In scripture, fool is often used for a wicked or depraved person; one who acts contrary to sound wisdom in his moral deportment; one who follows his own inclinations, who prefers trifling and temporary pleasures to the service of God and eternal happiness.

The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God. Psalms 14:1.

4. A weak christian; a godly person who has much remaining sin and unbelief.

O fools, and slow of heart to believe all the prophets have written. Luke 24:25.

Also, one who is accounted or called a fool by ungodly men. 1 Corinthians 4:10.

5. A term of indignity and reproach.

To be thought knowing, you must first put the fool upon all mankind.

6. One who counterfeits folly; a buffoon; as a king's fool

I scorn, although their drudge, to be their fool or jester.

1. To play the fool to act the buffoon; to jest; to make sport.

2. To act like one void of understanding.

To put the fool on, to impose on; to delude.

To make a fool of, to frustrate; to defeat; to disappoint.

FOOL, verb intransitive To trifle; to toy; to spend time in idleness, sport or mirth.

Is this a time for fooling?

FOOL, verb transitive

1. To treat with contempt; to disappoint; to defeat; to frustrate; to deceive; to impose on.

When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat; for fooled with hope, men favor the deceit.

2. To infatuate; to make foolish.

3. To cheat; as, to fool one out of his money.

1. To fool away, to spend in trifles, idleness, folly, or without advantage; as, to fool away time.

2. To spend for things of no value or use; to expend improvidently; as, to fool away money.

FOOL, noun A liquid made of gooseberries scalded and pounded, with cream.

Foolborn

FOOL'BORN adjective Foolish from the birth.

Fooled

FOOL'ED, participle passive Disappointed; defeated; deceived; imposed on.

Foolery

FOOL'ERY, noun

1. The practice of folly; habitual folly; attention to trifles.

2. An act of folly or weakness.

3. Object of folly.

Foolhappy

FOOL'HAPPY, adjective Lucky without judgment or contrivance.

Foolhardiness

FOOLH'ARDINESS, noun Courage without sense or judgment; mad rashness.

Foolhardise

FOOLH'ARDISE, noun Foolhardiness. [Not in use.]

Foolhardy

FOOLH'ARDY, adjective [fool and hardy.] Daring without judgment; madly rash and adventurous; foolishly bold.

Fooling

FOOL'ING, participle present tense Defeating; disappointing; deceiving.

Foolish

FOOL'ISH, adjective

1. Void of understanding or sound judgment; weak in intellect; applied to general character.

2. Unwise; imprudent; acting without judgment or discretion in particular things.

3. Proceeding from folly, or marked with folly; silly; vain; trifling.

But foolish questions avoid. 2 Timothy 2:23.

4. Ridiculous; despicable.

A foolish figure he must make.

5. In scripture, wicked; sinful; acting without regard to the divine law and glory, or to one's own eternal happiness.

O foolish Galatians - Galatians 3:1.

6. Proceeding from depravity; sinful; as foolish lusts. 1 Timothy 6:9.

Foolishly

FOOL'ISHLY, adverb

1. Weakly; without understanding or judgment; unwisely; indiscreetly.

2. Wickedly; sinfully.

I have done very foolishly 2 Samuel 24:10.

Foolishness

FOOL'ISHNESS, noun

1. Folly; want of understanding.

2. Foolish practice; want of wisdom or good judgment.

3. In a scriptural sense, absurdity; folly.

The preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness 1 Corinthians 1:18.

Fools-Parsley

FOOL'S-P'ARSLEY, noun A plant, of the genus Aethusa.

Foolscap

FOOLS'CAP, noun [Latin scapus, or folio and shape.] A kind of paper of small size.

Foolstones

FOOL'STONES, noun A plant, the Orchis.

Fooltrap

FOOL'TRAP, noun A trap to catch fools; as a fly trap.

Foot

FOOT, noun plural feet. [Latin pes, pedis. Probably this word is allied to the Gr. to walk, to tread. Eng. verb, to tread.]

1. In animal bodies, the lower extremity of the leg; the part of the leg which treads the earth in standing or walking, and by which the animal is sustained and enabled to step.

2. That which bears some resemblance to an animal's foot in shape or office; the lower end of any thing that supports a body; as the foot of a table.

3. The lower part; the base; as the foot of a column or of a mountain.

4. The lower part; the bottom; as the foot of an account; the foot of a sail.

5. Foundation; condition; state. We are not on the same foot with our fellow citizens. In this sense, it is more common, in America, to use footing; and in this sense the plural is not used.

6. Plan of establishment; fundamental principles. Our constitution may hereafter be placed on a better foot

[In this sense the plural is not used.]

7. In military language, soldiers who march and fight on foot; infantry, as distinguished from cavalry.

[In this sense the plural is not used.]

8. A measure consisting of twelve inches; supposed to be taken from the length of a man's foot Geometricians divide the foot into 10 digits, and the digit into 10 lines.

9. In poetry, a certain number of syllables, constituting part of a verse; as the iambus, the dactyl, and the spondee.

10. Step; pace.

11. Level; par. obsolete

12. The part of a stocking or boot which receives the foot

By foot or rather, on foot by walking, as to go or pass on foot; or by fording, as to pass a stream on foot See the next definition.

To set on foot to originate; to begin; to put in motion; as, to set on foot a subscription. Hence, to be on foot is to be in motion, action or process of execution.

FOOT, verb intransitive

1. To dance; to tread to measure or music; to skip.

2. To walk; opposed to ride or fly. In this sense, the word is commonly followed by it.

If you are for a merry jaunt, I'll try, for once, who can foot it farthest.

FOOT, verb transitive

1. To kick; to strike with the foot; to spurn.

2. To settle; to begin to fix. [Little used.]

3. To tread; as, to foot the green.

4. To add the numbers in a column, and set the sum at the foot; as, to foot an account.

5. To seize and hold with the foot [Not used.]

6. To add or make a foot; as, to foot a stocking or boot.

Football

FOOT'BALL, noun

1. A ball consisting of an inflated bladder, cased in leather, to be driven by the foot.

2. The sport or practice of kicking the football

Footband

FOOT'BAND, noun A band of infantry.

Footboy

FOOT'BOY, noun A menial; an attendant in livery.

Footbreadth

FOOT'BREADTH, noun The breadth of the foot. Deuteronomy 2:1.

Footbridge

FOOT'BRIDGE, noun A narrow bridge for foot passengers.

Footcloth

FOOT'CLOTH, noun A sumpter cloth.

Footed

FOOT'ED, participle passive Kicked; trod; summed up; furnished with a foot, as a stocking.

FOOT'ED, adjective Shaped in the foot; as footed like a goat.

Footfall

FOOT'FALL, noun A trip or stumble.

Footfight

FOOT'FIGHT, noun A conflict by persons on foot, in opposition to a fight on horseback.

Footguards

FOOT'GU'ARDS, noun plural Guards of infantry.

Foothalt

FOOT'HALT, noun A disease incident to sheep, and said to proceed from a worm, which enters between the claws.

Foothold

FOOT'HOLD, noun That which sustains the feet firmly and prevents them from slipping of moving; that on which one may tread or rest securely.

Foothot

FOOT'HOT, adverb Immediately; a word borrowed from hunting.

Footing

FOOT'ING, participle present tense Dancing; treading; settling; adding a new foot.

FOOT'ING, noun

1. Ground for the foot; that which sustains; firm foundation to stand on

In ascents, every step gained is a footing and help to the next.

2. Support; root.

3. Basis; foundation.

4. Place; stable position.

5. Permanent settlement. Let not these evils gain footing

6. Tread; step; walk.

7. Dance; tread to measure.

8. Steps; road; track. [Little used.]

9. State; condition; settlement. Place both parties on an equal footing

Footlicker

FOOT'LICKER, noun A mean flatterer; a sycophant; a fawner.

Footman

FOOT'MAN, noun

1. A soldier who marches and fights on foot.

2. A menial servant; a runner; a servant in livery.

Footmanship

FOOT'MANSHIP, noun The art or faculty of a runner.

Footmantle

FOOT'MANTLE, noun A garment to keep the gown clean in riding.

Footpace

FOOT'PACE, noun A slow step, as in walking; a broad stair.

Footpad

FOOT'PAD, noun A highwayman or robber on foot.

Footpath

FOOT'P'ATH, noun A narrow path or way for foot passengers only.

Footplow

FOOT'PLOW, noun A kind of swing-plow.

Footpost

FOOT'POST, noun A post or messenger that travels on foot.

Footrope

FOOT'ROPE, noun The lower boltrope, to which the lower edge of a sail is sewed. Also, a horse or rope to support men when reefing, etc.

Footrot

FOOT'ROT, noun An ulcer in the feet of sheep.

Footsoldier

FOOT'SOLDIER, noun A soldier that serves on foot.

Footstalk

FOOTSTALK, noun [foot and stalk.] In botany, a petiole; a partial stem supporting the leaf, or connecting it with the stem or branch. Sometimes, but rarely, the same footstalk supports both the leaf and fructification, as in Turnera and Hibiscus.

Footstall

FOOT'STALL, noun A woman's stirrup.

Footstep

FOOT'STEP, noun

1. A track; the mark or impression of the foot.

2. Token; mark; visible sign of a course pursued; as the footsteps of divine wisdom.

1. Footsteps, plural, example; as, follow the footsteps of good men.

2. Way; course. Psalms 78:1.

Footstool

FOOT'STOOL, noun A stool for the feet; that which supports the feet of one when sitting.

To make enemies a footstool is to reduce them to entire subjection. Psalms 110:1.

Footwaling

FOOT'WALING, noun The whole inside planks or lining of a ship.

Fop

FOP, noun [The Latin voppa, a senseless fellow, is evidently from the same root, with the sense of emptiness or lightness.]

A vain man of weak understanding and much ostentation; one whose ambition is to gain admiration by showy dress and pertness; a gay trifling man; a coxcomb.

Fopdoodle

FOP'DOODLE, noun An insignificant fellow. [Vulgar and not used.]

Fopling

FOP'LING,

n. A petty fop.

Foppery

FOP'PERY, noun

1. Affectation of show or importance; showy folly; as the foppery of dress or of manners.

2. Folly; impertinence.

Let not the sound of shallow foppery enter my sober house.

3. Foolery; vain or idle practice; idle affectation.

Foppish

FOP'PISH, adjective

1. Vain of dress; making an ostentatious display of gay clothing; dressing in the extreme of fashion.

2. Vain; trifling; affected in manners.

Foppishly

FOP'PISHLY, adverb With vain ostentation of dress; in a trifling or affected manner.

Foppishness

FOP'PISHNESS, noun Vanity and extravagance in dress; showy vanity.

For

FOR, preposition [Latin per.; The English, for; to forbid. for corresponds in sense with the Latin pro, as fore does with proe, but pro and proe are probably contracted from prod, proed. The Latin por, in composition, as in porrigo, is probably contracted from porro, Gr. which is the English far. The Gr. are from the same root. The radical sense of for is to go, to pass, to advance, to reach or stretch.]

1. Against; in the place of; as a substitute or equivalent, noting equal value or satisfactory compensation, either in barter and sale, in contract, or in punishment. 'And Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for flocks, and for the cattle of the herds; ' that is, according to the original, he gave them bread against horses like the Gr. Genesis 48:17.

Buy us and our land for bread. Genesis 47:19.

And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. Exodus 21:2.

2. In the place of; instead of; noting substitution of persons, or agency of one in the place of another with equivalent authority. An attorney is empowered to act for his principal. Will you take a letter and deliver it for me at the post office? that is, in my place, or for my benefit.

3. In exchange of; noting one thing taken or given in place of another; as, to quit the profession of law for that of a clergyman.

4. In the place of; instead of; as, to translate a poem line for line.

5. In the character of; noting resemblance; a sense derived from substitution or standing in the place of, like in the Greek.

If a man can be fully assured of any thing for a truth, without having examined, what is there that he may not embrace for truth?

But let her go for an ungrateful woman.

I hear for certain, and do speak the truth.

He quivered with his feet and lay for dead.

6. Towards; with the intention of going to.

We sailed directly for Genoa, and had a fair wind.

So we say, a ship is bound for or to France.

7. In advantage of; for the sake of; on account of; that is, towards, noting use, benefit or purpose.

An ant is a wise creature for itself. Shall I think the world was made for one, and men are born for kings, as beasts for men, not for protection, but to be devoured.

8. Conducive to; beneficial to; in favor of.

It is for the general good of human society, and consequently of particular persons, to be true and just; and it is for men's health to be temperate.

9. Leading or inducing to, as a motive.

There is a natural immutable, and eternal reason for that which we call virtue, and against that which we call vice.

10. Noting arrival, meeting, coming or possession. Wait patiently for an expected good. So in the phrases, looking for staying for

11. Towards the obtaining of; in order to the arrival at or possession of. After all our exertions, we depend on divine aid for success.

12. Against; in opposition to; with a tendency to resist and destroy; as a remedy for the headache or toothache. Alkalies are good for the heartburn. So we say, to provide clothes or stores for winter, or against winter.

13. Against or on account of; in prevention of.

She wrapped him close for catching cold.

And, for the time shall not seem tedious -

This use is nearly obsolete. The sense however is derived from meeting, opposing, as in number 12.

14. Because; on account of; by reason of. He cried out for anguish. I cannot go for want of time. for this cause, I cannot believe the report.

That which we for our unworthiness are afraid to crave, our prayer is, that God for the worthiness of his son would notwithstanding vouchsafe to grant.

Edward and Richard, with fiery eyes sparkling for very wrath, are at our backs.

How to choose dogs for scent or speed.

FOR as much as it is a fundamental law -

15. With respect or regard to; on the part of.

It was young counsel for the persons, and violent counsel for the matters.

Thus much for the beginning and progress of the deluge.

So we say, for me, for myself, or as for me, I have no anxiety, but for you I have apprehensions; all implying towards or on the side of.

16. Through a certain space; during a certain time; as, to travel for three days; to sail for seven weeks; he holds his office for life; he traveled on sand for ten miles together. These senses seem to imply passing, the proper sense of for

17. In quest of; in order to obtain; as, to search for arguments; to recur to antiquity for examples. See number 11.

18. According to; as far as.

Chimists have not been able, for aught is vulgarly known, by fire alone to separate true sulphur from antimony.

19. Noting meeting, coming together, or reception. I am ready for you; that is, I am ready to meet or receive you.

20. Towards; of tendency to; as an inclination for drink.

21. In favor of; on the part or side of; that is, towards or inclined to. One is for a free government; another is for a limited monarchy.

Aristotle is for poetical justice.

22. With a view to obtain; in order to possess. He writes for money, or for fame; that is, towards meeting, or to have in return, as a reward.

23. Towards; with tendency to, or in favor of. It is for his honor to retire from office. It is for our quiet to have few intimate connections.

24. Notwithstanding; against; in opposition to. The fact may be so, for any thing that has yet appeared. The task is great, but for all that, I shall not be deterred from undertaking it. This is a different application of the sense of numbers 1, 2, 3, 4.

The writer will do what she pleases for all me.

25. for the use of; to be used in; that is, towards, noting advantage.

The oak for nothing ill, the osier good for twigs, the poplar for the mill.

26. In recompense of; in return of.

Now, for so many glorious actions done, for peace at home, and for the public wealth, I mean to crown a bowl for Caesar's health. [See Numbers 1:44]

27. In proportion to; or rather, looking towards, regarding. He is tall for one of his years, or tall for his age.

28. By means of.

Moral consideration can no way move the sensible appetite, were it not for the will.

29. By the want of.

The inhabitants suffered severely both for provisions and fuel.

30. for my life or heart, though my life were to be given in exchange, or as the price of purchase. I cannot, for my life, understand the man. Numbers 1:44.

31. for to, denoting purpose. for was anciently placed before the infinitives of verbs, and the use is correct, but now obsolete except in vulgar language. I came for to see you; pour vous voir.

FOR, conjunction

1. The word by which a reason is introduced of something before advanced. 'That ye may be the children of your father who is in heaven; for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good.' In such sentences, for has the sense of because, by reason that, as in No.14; with this difference that in No.14, the word precedes a single noun, and here it precedes a sentence or clause; but the phrase seems to be elliptical, for this cause or reason, which follows, he maketh his sun to rise, etc. In Romans 13:6, we find the word in both its applications, 'For, for this cause ye pay tribute also -; ' the first for referring to the sentence following; the latter to the noun cause.

2. Because; on this account that; properly, for that.

FOR as much, compounded, forasmuch, is equivalent to, in regard to that, in consideration of. Forasmuch as the thirst is intolerable, the patient may be indulged in a little drink.

Forage

FOR'AGE, noun [Latin voro.]

1. Food of any kind for horses and cattle, as grass; pasture, hay, corn and oats.

2. The act of providing forage

Col. Mawhood completed his forage unmolested.

If the forage is to be made at a distance from the camp -

3. Search for provisions; the act of feeding abroad.

FOR'AGE, verb intransitive

1. To collect food for horses and cattle, by wandering about and feeding or stripping the country.

2. To wander far; to rove. obsolete

3. To ravage; to feed on spoil.

FOR'AGE, verb transitive To strip of provisions for horses, etc.

Forager

FOR'AGER, noun One that goes in search of food for horses or cattle.

Foraging

FOR'AGING, participle present tense or adjective Collecting provisions for horses and cattle, or wandering in search of food; ravaging; stripping. The general sent out a foraging party, with a guard.

FOR'AGING, noun An inroad or incursion for forage or plunder.

Foraminous

FORAM'INOUS, adjective [Latin foramen, a hole, from foro, to bore.]

Full of holes; perforated in many places; porous. [Little used.]

FOR, as a prefix to verbs, has usually the force of a negative or privative, denoting against, that is, before, or away, aside.

Forbad

FORBAD', preterit tense of forbid.

Forbathe

FORBA'THE, verb transitive To bathe. [Not in use.]

Forbear

FORBEAR, verb intransitive preterit tense forbore; participle passive forborne.

1. To stop; to cease; to hold from proceeding; as, forbear to repeat these reproachful words.

2. To pause; to delay; as, forbear a while.

3. To abstain; to omit; to hold one's self from motion or entering on an affair.

Shall I go against Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? 1 Kings 22:6.

4. To refuse; to decline.

Whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear Ezekiel 2:5.

5. To be patient; to restrain from action or violence. Proverbs 25:15.

FORBEAR, verb transitive

1. To avoid voluntarily; to decline.

FORBEAR his presence.

2. To abstain from; to omit; to avoid doing. Learn from the scriptures what you ought to do and what to forbear

Have we not power to forbear working? 1 Corinthians 9:6.

3. To spare; to treat with indulgence and patience.

FORBEARing one another in love. Ephesians 4:2.

4. To withhold.

FORBEAR thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not. 2 Chronicles 35:21.

Forbearance

FORBEARANCE, noun

1. The act of avoiding, shunning or omitting; either the cessation or intermission of an act commenced, or a withholding from beginning an act. Liberty is the power of doing or forbearing an action, according as the doing or forbearance has a preference in the mind. The forbearance of sin is followed with satisfaction of mind.

2. Command of temper; restraint of passions.

3. The exercise of patience; long suffering; indulgence towards those who injure us; lenity; delay of resentment or punishment.

Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance and long suffering? Romans 2:4.

Forbearer

FORBEARER, noun One that intermits or intercepts.

Forbearing

FORBEARING, participle present tense

1. Ceasing; pausing; withholding from action; exercising patience and indulgence.

2. adjective Patient; long suffering.

FORBEARING, noun A ceasing or restraining from action; patience; long suffering.

Forbid

FORBID', verb transitive preterit tense forbad; participle passive forbid forbidden. Literally, to bid or command against. Hence,

1. To prohibit; to interdict; to command to forbear or not to do. The laws of God forbid us to swear. Good manners also forbid us to use profane language. All servile labor and idle amusements on the sabbath are forbidden.

2. To command not to enter; as, I have forbid him my house or presence. This phrase seems to be elliptical; to forbid from entering or approaching.

3. To oppose; to hinder; to obstruct. An impassable river forbids the approach of the army.

A blaze of glory that forbids the sight.

4. To accurse; to blast. obsolete

FORBID', verb intransitive To utter a prohibition; but in the intransitive form, there is always an ellipsis. I would go, but my state of health forbids, that is, forbids me to go, or my going.

FORBID', 'DEN, participle passive

1. Prohibited; as the forbidden fruit.

2. Hindered; obstructed.

Forbiddance

FORBID'DANCE, noun Prohibition; command or edict against a thing. [Little used.]

Forbiddenly

FORBID'DENLY, adverb In an unlawful manner.

Forbiddenness

FORBID'DENNESS, noun A state of being prohibited. [Not used.]

Forbidder

FORBID'DER, noun He or that which forbids or enacts a prohibition.

Forbidding

FORBID'DING, participle present tense

1. Prohibiting; hindering.

2. adjective Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion or dislike; disagreeable; as a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air.

FORBID'DING, noun Hindrance; opposition.

Forbore

FORBO'RE, preterit tense of forebear.

Forborne

FORBORNE, participle passive of forbear.

Few ever repented of having forborne to speak.

Force

FORCE, noun [Latin fortis. All words denoting force power, strength, are from verbs which express straining, or driving, rushing, and this word has the elements of Latin vireo.]

1. Strength; active power; vigor; might; energy that may be exerted; that physical property in a body which may produce action or motion in another body, or may counteract such motion. By the force of the muscles we raise a weight, or resist an assault.

2. Momentum; the quantity of power produced by motion or the action of one body on another; as the force of a cannon ball.

3. That which causes an operation or moral effect; strength; energy; as the force of the mind, will or understanding.

4. Violence; power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power. Let conquerors consider that force alone can keep what force as obtained.

5. Strength; moral power to convince the mind. There is great force in an argument.

6. Virtue; efficacy. No presumption or hypothesis can be of force enough to overthrow constant experience.

7. Validity; power to bind or hold. If the conditions of a covenant are not fulfilled, the contract is of no force A testament is of force after the testator is dead. Hebrews 9:17.

8. Strength or power for war; armament; troops; an army or navy; as a military or naval force:sometimes in the plural; as military forces.

9. Destiny; necessity; compulsion; any extraneous power to which men are subject; as the force of fate or of divine decrees.

10. Internal power; as the force of habit.

11. In law, any unlawful violence to person or property. This is simple, when no other crime attends it, as the entering into another's possession, without committing any other unlawful act. It is compound, when some other violence or unlawful act is committed. The law also implies force as when a person enters a house or inclosure lawfully, but afterwards does an unlawful act. In this case, the law supposes the first entrance to be for that purpose, and therefore by force

Physical force is the force of material bodies.

Moral force is the power of acting on the reason in judging and determining.

Mechanical force is the power that belongs to bodies at rest or in motion. The pressure or tension of bodies at rest is called a mechanical force and so is the power of a body in motion. There is also the force of gravity or attraction, centrifugal and centripetal forces, expansive force etc.

FORCE, verb transitive

1. To compel; to constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible. Men are forced to submit to conquerors. Masters force their slaves to labor.

2. To overpower by strength.

I should have forced thee soon with other arms.

3. To impel; to press; to drive; to draw or push by main strength; a sense of very extensive use; as, to force along a wagon or a ship; to force away a man's arms; water forces its way through a narrow channel; a man may be forced out of his possessions.

4. To enforce; to urge; to press.

Forcing my strength, and gathering to the shore.

5. To compel by strength of evidence; as, to force conviction on the mind; to force one to acknowledge the truth of a proposition.

6. To storm; to assault and take by violence; as, to force a town or fort.

7. To ravish; to violate by force as a female.

8. To overstrain; to distort; as a forced conceit.

9. To cause to produce ripe fruit prematurely, as a tree; or to cause to ripen prematurely, as fruit.

10. To man; to strengthen by soldiers; to garrison. obsolete

To force from, to wrest from; to extort.

To force out, to drive out; to compel to issue out or to leave; also, to extort.

To force wine, is to fine it by a short process, or in a short time.

To force plants, is to urge the growth of plants by artificial heat.

To force meat, is to stuff it.

FORCE, verb intransitive

1. To lay stress on. obsolete

2. To strive. obsolete

3. To use violence.

Forced

FORCED, participle passive

1. Compelled; impelled; driven by violence; urged; stormed; ravished.

2. adjective Affected; overstrained; unnatural; as a forced style.

Forcedly

FORCEDLY, adverb Violently; constrainedly; unnaturally. [Little used.]

Forcedness

FORCEDNESS, noun The state of being forced; distortion.

Forceful

FORCEFUL, adjective

1. Impelled by violence; driven with force; acting with power.

Against the steed he threw his forceful spear.

2. Violent; impetuous.

Forcefully

FORCEFULLY, adverb Violently; impetuously.

Forceless

FORCELESS, adjective Having little or not force; feeble; impotent.

Forcemeat

FORCEMEAT, noun A kind of stuffing in cookery.

Forceps

FOR'CEPS, noun [Latin] Literally, a pair of pinchers or tongs.

In surgery, an instrument for extracting any thing from a wound, and for like purposes.

A pair of scissors for cutting off or dividing the fleshy membranous parts of the body.

Forcer

FORCER, noun

1. He or that which forces, drives or constrains.

2. The embolus of a pump; the instrument by which water is driven up a pump.

Forcible

FORCIBLE, adjective

1. Powerful; strong; mighty; as a punishment forcible to bridle sin.

2. Violent; impetuous; driving forward with force; as a forcible stream.

3. Efficacious; active; powerful.

Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances when broken.

4. Powerful; acting with force; impressive; as forcible words or arguments.

5. Containing force; acting by violence; as forcible means.

6. Done by force; suffered by force. The abdication of James, his advocates hold to have been forcible

7. Valid; binding; obligatory. [Not used.]

8. In law, forcible entry is an actual violent entry into houses or lands.

FORCIBLE detainer, is a violent withholding of the lands, etc. of another from his possession.

FORCIBLE abduction, is the act of taking away wrongfully, as a child without the consent of the father, a ward without the consent of the guardian, or any person contrary to his or her will.

Forcibleness

FORCIBLENESS, noun Force; violence.

Forcibly

FORCIBLY, adverb

1. By violence or force.

2. Strongly; powerfully; with power or energy; impressively.

The gospel offers such considerations as are fit to work very forcibly on our hopes and fears.

3. Impetuously; violently; with great strength; as a stream rushing forcibly down a precipice.

Forcing

FORCING, participle present tense

1. Compelling; impelling; driving; storming; ravishing.

2. Causing to ripen before the natural season, as fruit; or causing to produce ripe fruit prematurely, as a tree.

3. Fining wine by a speedy process.

FORCING, noun

1. In gardening, the art of raising plants, flowers, and fruits, at an earlier season than the natural one, by artificial heat.

2. The operation of fining wines by a speedy process.

Forcipated

FOR'CIPATED, adjective [from forceps.] Formed like a pair of pinchers to open and inclose; as a forcipated mouth.

Ford

FORD, noun

1. A place in a river or other water, where it may be passed by man or beast on foot, or by wading.

2. A stream; a current.

Permit my ghost to pass the Stygian ford

FORD, verb transitive To pass or cross a river or other water by treading or walking on the bottom; to pass through water by wading; to wade through.

Fordable

FORDABLE, adjective That may be waded or passed through on foot, as water.

Forded

FORDED, participle passive Passed through on foot; waded.

Fording

FORDING, participle present tense Wading; passing through on foot as water.

Fordo

FORDO', verb transitive To destroy; to undo; to ruin; to weary. [Not in use.]

Fore

FORE, adjective

1. Properly, advanced, or being in advance of something in motion or progression; as the fore end of a chain carried in measuring land; the fore oxen or horses in a team.

2. Advanced in time; coming in advance of something; coming first; anterior; preceding; prior; as the fore part of the last century; the fore part of the day, week or year.

3. Advanced in order or series; antecedent; as the fore part of a writing or bill.

4. Being in front or towards the face; opposed to back or behind; as the fore part of a garment.

5. Going first; usually preceding the other part; as the fore part of a ship, or of a coach.

FORE, adverb In the part that precedes or goes first.

In seamen's language, fore and aft signifies the whole length of the ship, or from end to end, from stem to stern.

FORE, in composition, denotes, for the most part, priority of time; sometimes, advance in place.

For the etymologies of the compounds of fore see the principal word.

Fore-End

FORE-END', noun The end which precedes; the anterior part.

Fore-Imagine

FORE-IMAG'INE, verb transitive To conceive or fancy before proof, or beforehand.

Foreadmonish

FOREADMON'ISH, verb transitive To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.

Foreadvise

FOREADVI'SE, verb transitive s as z To advise or counsel before the time of action or before the event; to preadmonish.

Forealledge

FOREALLEDGE, verb transitive foreallej'. To alledge or cite before.

Foreappoint

FOREAPPOINT', verb transitive To set, order or appoint beforehand.

Foreappointment

FOREAPPOINT'MENT, noun Previous appointment; preordination.

Forearm

FORE'ARM, verb transitive To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need.

Forebode

FOREBO'DE, verb transitive

1. To foretell; to prognosticate.

2. To foreknow; to be prescient of; to feel a secret sense of something future; as, my heart forebodes a sad reverse.

Forebodement

FOREBO'DEMENT, noun A presaging; presagement.

Foreboder

FOREBO'DER, noun

1. One who forebodes; a prognosticator; a soothsayer.

2. A foreknower.

Foreboding

FOREBO'DING, participle present tense Prognosticating; foretelling; foreknowing.

FOREBO'DING, noun Prognostication.

Forebrace

FOREBRACE, noun A rope applied to the fore yard-arm to change the position of the foresail.

Foreby

FOREBY', preposition [fore and by.] Near; hard by; fast by. obsolete

Forecast

FOREC'AST, verb transitive

1. To foresee; to provide against.

It is wisdom to forecast consequences.

2. To scheme; to plan before execution.

He shall forecast his devices against the strong holds. Daniel 11:24.

3. To adjust; contrive or appoint beforehand

The time so well forecast

FOREC'AST, verb intransitive To form a scheme previously; to contrive beforehand.

Forecasting how his foe he might annoy.

FO'REC'AST, noun Previous contrivance; foresight, or the antecedent determination proceeding from it; as a man of little forecast

Forecaster

FOREC'ASTER, noun One who foresees or contrives beforehand.

Forecasting

FOREC'ASTING, participle present tense Contriving previously.

Forecastle

FO'RECASTLE, noun A short deck in the forepart of a ship above the upper deck usually terminated in ships of war with a breast-work; the foremost part forming the top of the beak-head, and the hind part reaching to the after part of the fore chains.

Forechosen

FORECHO'SEN, adjective forcho'zn. Preelected; chosen beforehand.

Forecited

FORECITED, adjective Cited or quoted before or above.

Foreclose

FORECLO'SE, verb transitive s as z. To shut up; to preclude; to stop; to prevent.

The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade.

To foreclose a mortgager, in law, is to cut him off from his equity of redemption, or the power of redeeming the mortgaged premises, by a judgment of court.

[To foreclose a mortgage is not technically correct, but is often used.]

Foreclosure

FORECLO'SURE, noun s as z.

1. Prevention.

2. The act of foreclosing, or depriving a mortgager of the right of redeeming a mortgaged estate.

Foreconceive

FORECONCEI'VE, verb transitive To preconceive.

Foredate

FOREDA'TE, verb transitive To date before the true time.

Foredated

FOREDA'TED, participle passive Dated before the true time.

Foredeck

FO'REDECK, noun The forepart of a deck, or of a ship.

Foredesign

FOREDESI'GN, verb transitive To plan beforehand; to intend previously.

Foredetermine

FORE'DETERM'INE, verb transitive To decree beforehand.

Foredoom

FOREDOOM', verb transitive To doom beforehand; to predestinate.

Thou art foredoomed to view the Stygian state.

FOREDOOM', noun Previous doom or sentence.

Foredoor

FOREDOOR, noun The door in the front of a house.

Forefather

FOREF'ATHER, noun An ancestor; one who precedes another in the line of genealogy, in any degree; usually in a remote degree.

Forefend

FOREFEND', verb transitive

1. To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent approach; to forbid or prohibit.

2. To defend; to guard; to secure.

This word, like the Latin arceo, is applied to the thing assailing, and to the thing assailed. To drive back or resist that which assails, is to hinder its approach, to forbid or avert, and this act defends the thing threatened or assailed.

Forefinger

FOREFIN'GER, noun The finger next to the thumb; the index; called by our Saxon ancestors, the shoot-finger, from its use in archery.

Foreflow

FOREFLOW, verb transitive To flow before.

Forefoot

FOREFOOT, noun

1. One of the anterior feet of a quadruped or multiped.

2. A hand, in contempt.

3. In a ship, a piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore-end.

Forefront

FOREFRONT', noun The foremost part. The forefront of the battle, is the part where the contest is most warm, and where a soldier is most exposed. 2 Samuel 11:15.

Foregame

FO'REGAME, noun A first game; first plan.

Forego

FOREGO', verb transitive [See Go.]

1. To forbear to possess or enjoy; voluntarily to avoid the enjoyment of good. Let us forego the pleasures of sense, to secure immortal bliss.

2. To give up; to renounce; to resign. But this word is usually applied to things not possessed or enjoyed, and which cannot be resigned.

3. To lose.

4. To go before; to precede. obsolete

Foregoer

FOREGO'ER, noun

1. An ancestor; a progenitor. [Not used.]

2. One who goes before another.

3. One who forbears to enjoy.

Foregoing

FOREGO'ING, participle present tense

1. Forbearing to have, possess or enjoy.

2. adjective Preceding; going before, in time or place; antecedent; as a foregoing period of time; a foregoing clause in a writing.

Foregone

FOREGONE, participle passive foregawn'.

1. Forborne to be possessed or enjoyed.

2. Gone before; past. obsolete

Foreground

FO'REGROUND, noun The part of the field or expanse of a picture which seems to lie before the figures.

Foreguess

FOREGUESS', verb transitive To conjecture. [Bad.]