Definitions

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  • Also; even.

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  • adverb obsolete Also; even.

Etymologies

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From Middle English forthen, from Old English forþon, furþon, furþum ("even, exactly, quite, already, just as, at first, further, previously"), from forþ ("forth"). More at forth.

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  • adv. even, exactly, quite, already, just as, at first, further, previously; from OE forþum, forþan, forþon.

    December 7, 2011

  • *yoinked*!

    December 7, 2011