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forthgo

forthgo

English

Verb

forthgo ‎(third-person singular simple present forthgoes, present participle forthgoing, simple past forthwent, past participle forthgone)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To go forth; proceed.

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Etymology

From Middle English forthgon, forthgan, from Old English forþgān ‎(“to go forth, advance, proceed, pass by, go away, go on, precede, succeed”), from Proto-Germanic *furþa- ‎(“forth”), *gāną ‎(“to go”), equivalent to forth- +‎ go. Cognate with Dutch voortgaan ‎(“to continue, proceed, go ahead”), German fortgehen ‎(“to go away, leave, depart, blin”), Swedish fortgå ‎(“to continue, go on, proceed”).

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