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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: -ward \-ward\ (w[~e]rd), -wards \-wards\ (w[~e]rdz). [AS. -weard, -weardes; akin to OS & OFries -ward. OHG. -wert, G. -w["a]rts, Icel. -ver[eth]r, Goth. -va['i]r[thorn]s, L. vertere to turn, versus toward, and E. worth to become [root]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]: -wards \-wards\ See {-ward}.
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