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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Forth \Forth\, v.[AS. for[eth], fr. for akin to D. voort, G.
     fort [root]78. See Fore, For, and cf. Afford,
     Further, adv.]
     1. Forward; onward in time, place, or order; in advance from
        a given point; on to end; as, from that day forth; one,
        two, three, and so forth.
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              Lucas was Paul's companion, at the leastway from the
              sixteenth of the Acts forth.          --Tyndale.
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              From this time forth, I never will speak word.
                                                    --Shak.
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              I repeated the Ave Maria; the inquisitor bad me say
              forth; I said I was taught no more.   --Strype.
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     2. Out, as from a state of concealment, retirement,
        confinement, nondevelopment, or the like; out into notice
        or view; as, the plants in spring put forth leaves.
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              When winter past, and summer scarce begun,
              Invites them forth to labor in the sun. --Dryden.
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     3. Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out.
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              I have no mind of feasting forth to-night. --Shak.
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     4. Throughly; from beginning to end. [Obs.] --Shak.
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     And so forth, Back and forth, From forth. See under
        And, Back, and From.
  
     Forth of, Forth from, out of. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
     To bring forth. See under Bring.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  And \And\, conj. [AS. and; akin to OS. endi, Icel. enda, OHG.
     anti, enti, inti, unti, G. und, D. en, OD. ende. Cf, An if,
     Ante-.]
     1. A particle which expresses the relation of connection or
        addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a
        clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence.
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     Note: (a) It is sometimes used emphatically; as, ``there are
           women and women,'' that is, two very different sorts of
           women. (b) By a rhetorical figure, notions, one of
           which is modificatory of the other, are connected by
           and; as, ``the tediousness and process of my travel,''
           that is, the tedious process, etc.; ``thy fair and
           outward character,'' that is, thy outwardly fair
           character, --Schmidt's Shak. Lex.
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     2. In order to; -- used instead of the infinitival to,
        especially after try, come, go.
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              At least to try and teach the erring soul. --Milton.
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     3. It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive.
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              When that I was and a little tiny boy. --Shak.
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     4. If; though. See An, conj. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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              As they will set an house on fire, and it were but
              to roast their eggs.                  --Bacon.
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     And so forth, and others; and the rest; and similar things;
        and other things or ingredients. The abbreviation, etc.
        (et cetera), or &c., is usually read and so forth.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  And \And\, conj. [AS. and; akin to OS. endi, Icel. enda, OHG.
     anti, enti, inti, unti, G. und, D. en, OD. ende. Cf, An if,
     Ante-.]
     1. A particle which expresses the relation of connection or
        addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a
        clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence.
  
     Note: (a) It is sometimes used emphatically; as, ``there are
           women and women,'' that is, two very different sorts of
           women. (b) By a rhetorical figure, notions, one of
           which is modificatory of the other, are connected by
           and; as, ``the tediousness and process of my travel,''
           that is, the tedious process, etc.; ``thy fair and
           outward character,'' that is, thy outwardly fair
           character, --Schmidt's Shak. Lex.
  
     2. In order to; -- used instead of the infinitival to,
        especially after try, come, go.
  
              At least to try and teach the erring soul. --Milton.
  
     3. It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive.
  
              When that I was and a little tiny boy. --Shak.
  
     4. If; though. See An, conj. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
              As they will set an house on fire, and it were but
              to roast their eggs.                  --Bacon.
  
     And so forth, and others; and the rest; and similar things;
        and other things or ingredients. The abbreviation, etc.
        (et cetera), or &c., is usually read and so forth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Forth \Forth\, v.[AS. for[eth], fr. for akin to D. voort, G.
     fort [root]78. See Fore, For, and cf. Afford,
     Further, adv.]
     1. Forward; onward in time, place, or order; in advance from
        a given point; on to end; as, from that day forth; one,
        two, three, and so forth.
  
              Lucas was Paul's companion, at the leastway from the
              sixteenth of the Acts forth.          --Tyndale.
  
              From this time forth, I never will speak word.
                                                    --Shak.
  
              I repeated the Ave Maria; the inquisitor bad me say
              forth; I said I was taught no more.   --Strype.
  
     2. Out, as from a state of concealment, retirement,
        confinement, nondevelopment, or the like; out into notice
        or view; as, the plants in spring put forth leaves.
  
              When winter past, and summer scarce begun, Invites
              them forth to labor in the sun.       --Dryden.
  
     3. Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out.
  
              I have no mind of feasting forth to-night. --Shak.
  
     4. Throughly; from beginning to end. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
     And so forth, Back and forth, From forth. See under
        And, Back, and From.
  
     Forth of, Forth from, out of. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
     To bring forth. See under Bring.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  and so forth
       adv : continuing in the same way [syn: and so on, etcetera, etc.]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  and so forth
     phr.
     (lb en idiomatic) (non-gloss definition  indicate Indicates that a
  list#Noun list continues in a similar manner.)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  and so forth
     phr.
     (lb en idiomatic) (non-gloss definition  indicate Indicates that a
  list#Noun list continues in a similar manner.)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  and so forth
     phr.
     (lb en idiomatic) (non-gloss definition  indicate Indicates that a
  list#Noun list continues in a similar manner.)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  and so forth
     phr.
     (lb en idiomatic) (non-gloss definition  indicate Indicates that a
  list#Noun list continues in a similar manner.)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  and so forth
     Engelska phr.
     och så vidare

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  and so forth /and sˌəʊ fˈɔːθ/ 
  и така нататък, и т.н., и тъй нататък
  indicates that a list continues in a similar manner

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  and so forth /and sˌəʊ fˈɔːθ/
  a tak dále

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  and so forth /and sˌəʊ fˈɔːθ/
  atd.

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  and so forth /and sˌəʊ fˈɔːθ/
  und so fort
   see: on, without a break
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  and so forth /and sˌəʊ fˈɔːθ/ 
  ja niin edelleen, jne., ynnä muuta
  indicates that a list continues in a similar manner

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  and so forth /and sˌəʊ fˈɔːθ/
  és így tovább

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  and so forth /and sˌəʊ fˈɔːθ/ 
  など, 等, 等々, などなど, 等等
  indicates that a list continues in a similar manner

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  and so forth /and sˌəʊ fˈɔːθ/ 
  osv., og så videre
  indicates that a list continues in a similar manner

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  and so forth /and sˌəʊ fˈɔːθ/ 
  och så vidare, o.s.v., osv.
  indicates that a list continues in a similar manner

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  等等,如此等等

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     等等,诸如此类,以此类推

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