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forthfaring

noun

Etymology

From Middle English *forthfaring, equivalent to forthfare + -ing.

  1. inherited from *forthfaring✻

Definitions

  1. The act or process of faring forth

    The act or process of faring forth; departure.

    • She was living — what did it all matter? She yielded herself to the witchery of the hour, the sheer delight of forthfaring into the unknown.

  2. A passing away

    A passing away; decease; death; departure.

    • For when it drew nigh to the time of his departure and forthfaring, then were there fourteen days ere that that he was vexed and awearied by bodily ills, yet in such measure that all that time he could both speak and go about.
    • Then was brought to pass that which Merlin whilom said, that there should be sorrow untold at Arthur's forthfaring.

  3. present participle and gerund of forthfare

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA