1. (n.) An agreement; a covenant; a promise.

2. (adv.) Alt. of Forwards.

3. (a.) 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.

4. (a.) Ready; prompt; strongly inclined; in an ill sense, overready; to hasty.

5. (a.) 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.

6. (a.) Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for season; as, the grass is forward, or forward for the season; we have a forward spring.

7. (v. t.) 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.

8. (v. t.) To send forward; to send toward the place of destination; to transmit; as, to forward a letter.

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