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† wiˈthinforth, adv. Obs.
Also with hyphen, or as two words (variously divided), or as three.
[f. within adv. + forth adv. Cf. withoutforth.]
Properly, everywhere within, internally throughout (see forth adv. 2 b); but in use a mere synonym of within: = within adv. 1, 2, 3.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. v. pr. v. (1868) 168 Þe passioun of þe body..moeueþ..þe formes þat resten wiþ in forþe. 1382Wyclif Ezek. ii. 9 A boke..writen withinforth and without⁓forth. c1425St. Mary of Oignies ii. i. in Anglia VIII. 151/3 Wiþ how mykel dyuerste of vertues she was arayed..wiþ-inforþe. 1467in Engl. Gilds (1870) 373 That no citezen sewe another in a foreyn courte vnto the tyme he take his accyon wtynforth. 1470–85Malory Arthur xx. xxii. 836 They withinforth kepte theyr walles, & deffended them whan nede was. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 78 b, Wene you..that it is with me withinforth, as it appereth outwardly? 1545T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde 135 It is so harde to cause a chylde to take any thyng within furth. 1548Udall Erasm. Par. Luke xi. 43 Ye outwardely beare a shewe of holynesse, yet..withinfoorth swell in ambicion. 1601Holland Pliny xxi. xiv. II. 95 The..lid..ought to..have libertie to play up and downe behind, that it may bee let downe farre within-forth. 1610― Camden's Brit. 102 The Romanes..when they were about to found..cities..yoked on the right hand a Bull, and within forth a Cow. |