Found 2 hits - Term: -wards, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
-ward \-ward\ w~erd, -wards \-wards\ w~erdz. as.
-weard, -weardes; akin to os. ofries. -ward. ohg. -wert, g.
-waumrts, icel. -verethr, goth. -va'irthorns, l.
vertere to turn, versus toward, and e. worth to become.
root143. 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.
1913 webster
see also:
worth verse
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
-wards \-wards\
see -ward.
1913 webster
see also:
-ward
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