Forthright
(Forth"right`), a. Direct; straightforward; as, a forthright man. [Archaic] Lowell.
They were Night and Day, and Day and Night,
Piligrims wight with steps forthright.
Emerson. Forthright
(Forth"right`), n. A straight path. [Archaic]
Here's a maze trod, indeed,
Through forthrights and meanders!
Shak. Forthrightness
(Forth"right`ness), n. Straightforwardness; explicitness; directness. [Archaic]
Dante's concise forthrightness of phrase.
Hawthorne. Forthward
(Forth"ward) adv. [Forth, adv. + -ward.] Forward. [Obs.] Bp. Fisher.
Forthwith
(Forth`with") adv.
1. Immediately; without delay; directly.
Immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales; and he received sight forthwith.
Acts ix. 18. 2. (Law) As soon as the thing required may be done by reasonable exertion confined to that object.
Bouvier.
Forthy
(For*thy") adv. [AS. forðy; for, prep. + ðy, instrumental neut. of se, seó, ðæt, pron. demonstrative
and article. See The.] Therefore. [Obs.] Spenser.
Forties
(For"ties) n. pl. See Forty.
Fortieth
(For"ti*eth) a. [AS. feówertigoa. See Forty.]
1. Following the thirty-ninth, or preceded by thirty-nine units, things, or parts.
2. Constituting one of forty equal parts into which anything is divided.
Fortieth
(For"ti*eth), n. One of forty equal parts into which one whole is divided; the quotient of a unit
divided by forty; one next in order after the thirty-ninth.
Fortifiable
(For"ti*fi`a*ble) a. [Cf. OF. fortifiable.] Capable of being fortified. Johnson.
Fortification
(For`ti*fi*ca"tion) n. [L. fortificatio : cf. F. fortification.]
1. The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places in order to defend them against an enemy.
2. That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified
place; a fortress; a fort; a castle.
Fortification agate, Scotch pebble.
Syn. — Fortress; citadel; bulwark. See Fortress.
Fortifier
(For"ti*fi`er) n. One who, or that which, fortifies, strengthens, supports, or upholds.
Fortify
(For"ti*fy) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fortified ; p. pr. & vb. n. Fortifying.] [F. fortifier, L. fortificare;
fortis strong + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Fort, and -fy.]
