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▪ I. ˈfromward, n. dial. Also frommard. [app. subst. use of next: see froe.] = froe.1883 Hants Gloss., Fromward or Frommard, a tool used in lath-rending or cleaving. 1890 Glouc. Gloss., Frommard.▪ II. † ˈfromward, a., adv., prep. Obs. Forms: 1 frǫmweard (adj.), 3 frommard, south. vrommard, 3–4 framw...
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Oct 2, 2023Alternative form of toward Synonym: toward Antonyms: fromward, fromwards 1835, Sir John Ross, Sir James Clark Ross, Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage …, Volume 1, pages 284-5: Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction. 1960 ...
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froward
▪ I. froward, a., adv., prep. (ˈfrəʊwəd) Forms: α. 2–5 fraward, 3 Orm. frawarrd, 4–5 frawarde, -werd, frauward, 5–6 Sc. frawart, 6 frauwerde; β. 2– froward, 4–5 frowerd, 4–6 frowarde. [Early ME. f. fra, fro + -ward. Cf. fromward.] A. adj. (Not now in colloquial use.) 1. Disposed to go counter to wha...
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List of English prepositions
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forne (obsolete)
forout, forouten (obsolete)
forrow (obsolete; regional, Scotland)
forth (archaic)
fro (dialectal, Scots)
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-wards
-wards, suffix OE. -weardes, corresponds to OS., MLG. -wardes, Du. -waarts, OHG., MHG. -wartes, early mod.G. -warts, the ending of the neut. genit. sing. (used adverbially) of adjs. in OTeut. *-warđo-: see -ward. A parallel formation of identical function, the adverbial neut. genit. sing. of adjs. i...
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frampold
ˈframpold, a. Obs. exc. dial. Forms: 6–7 frampold, frompall, 7 frampald, -pard, frompered, frampel(l, -ple, -pole, -poll, -pull, (phrampell), 7, 9 hist. frampal(l, 7, 9 dial. frampled. [Of obscure origin; it is uncertain which of the many divergent forms is the earliest; formation on fram, from + po...
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froe
▪ I. froe, frow Now chiefly U.S. (frəʊ) Also 6–7 frower, 7 frowe, frau, 8 fro. [The synonymous fromward suggests that the earliest form frower represents a subst. use of froward a. in the lit. sense ‘turned away’, the reference being to the position of the handle.] 1. A wedge-shaped tool used for cl...
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-ward
-ward suffix, OE. -weard, primarily forming adjs., with the sense ‘having a specified direction’, corresponds to OFris. -ward, OS. -ward, -werd, OHG., MHG. -wart (as in heimwart adj., homeward):—OTeut. *-warđo-, f. *warđ- abl.-var. of *werþ-:—pre-Teut. *wert- to turn (= L. vertĕre); in the suffix th...
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yworth
† i-ˈworth, yˈworth, v. Obs. Forms: 1 ᵹeweorð-an, -wyrð-an, 2 ȝewurðen, 2–3 iwurðe(n, -þe(n, 3 iworþe(n, 3–4 yworþe. pa. tense 1 ᵹewearð, pl. -wurðon, 2 ȝewearð, -warð, 2–3 iwearð, iwarð, 3 iwærð, iwerð, pl. iwurðen, 4 yworþ. pa. pple. 1 ᵹeworden, 2 ȝewurðen, 2–3 iwurðen, iworðen, 4 yworthe, i-worth...
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toward
▪ I. toward, a. and adv. (ˈtəʊ(w)əd, ˈtɔːəd) Forms: see next. [OE. tóweard adj., f. tó, to prep. + -weard, -ward. So OS. tôward, -werd, OHG. zuowart, -wert, adjs. In OE., when used attributively, inflected like other adjs.; when in the predicate, uninflected exc. with pl. -e. The advb. use appears t...
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