Decease vs Forthfare - What's the difference?
decease | forthfare |
(formal) death
(obsolescent) Departure, especially departure from this life
To die.
*, II.17:
To go forth; go away; depart; journey.
*1905 , Francis Lynde, A fool for love :
*1908 , The Homiletic review: Volume 56 - Page 450:
*1918 , Francis Lynde, Branded :
*1921 , Eliakim Littell, The living age: Volume 309 - Page 434 :
*2002 , Irene Gammel, Making Avonlea :
To decease; pass away; die.
As nouns the difference between decease and forthfare
is that decease is (formal) death while forthfare is (obsolete) departure.As verbs the difference between decease and forthfare
is that decease is to die while forthfare is to go forth; go away; depart; journey.decease
English
Noun
(death) (-)Verb
(deceas)- After which usurped victorie, he presently deceased : and partly through the excessive joy he thereby conceived.
Synonyms
* See alsoUsage notes
The noun and verb forms are much less commonly used than the participial adjective "deceased," particularly outside formal, literary, or legal usage.forthfare
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) forthfaren, from (etyl) *.Verb
- When he had learned what he wanted to know, he forthfared to meet Winton at the incoming train.
- [...] with great-hearted Christians fighting for each other instead of against each other, all just forthfaring unitedly for the Christianizing of the world, [...]
- There was nobody to meet me as I forthfared from the prison gates, but I was not expecting any one and so was not disappointed.
- [...] That Love may go forthfaring unafraid.
- The evolution of energetic, industrious, forthfaring peoples under the peculiarly favourable climatic conditions of north-western Europe is the most important element in that success.