(n.) An agreement; a covenant; a promise.
(adv.) Alt. of Forwards
(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.
(a.) Ready; prompt; strongly inclined; in an ill sense,
overready; to hasty.
(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.
(a.) Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for season; as,
the grass is forward, or forward for the season; we have a forward
spring.
(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.
(v. t.) To send forward; to send toward the place of
destination; to transmit; as, to forward a letter.
