Forward /(?)/

1. An agreement; a covenant; a promise. [Obs.]

   Tell us a tale anon, as forward is.

1. Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in advance; progressively; -- opposed to backward.

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.
2. Ready; prompt; strongly inclined; in an ill sense, overready; too hasty.

   Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.

   Nor do we find him forward to be sounded.

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.

   I have known men disagreeably forward from their shyness.

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.

   The most forward bud Is eaten by the canker ere it blow.

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.
2. To send forward; to send toward the place of destination; to transmit; as, to forward a letter.