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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Wards | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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-ward \-ward\ (w[etil]rd), -wards \-wards\ (w[etil]rdz). [AS. -weard, -weardes; akin to OS. & OFries. -ward. OHG. -wert, G. -w[84]rts, Icel. -ver[eb]r, Goth. -va[a1]r[ed]s, L. vertere to turn, versus toward, and E. worth to become. [fb]143. See {Worth}. v. i., and cf. {Verse}. Adverbs ending in -wards (AS. -weardes) and some other adverbs, such as besides, betimes, since (OE. sithens). etc., were originally genitive forms used adverbially.] Suffixes denoting course or direction to; motion or tendency toward; as in backward, or backwards; toward, or towards, etc. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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-wards \-wards\ See {-ward}. | |
