forward

t. [FOR WARE, adv.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. To help forward or onward; to urge on, to hasten, to promote. "The bill which Lord Roos had brought in against his wife, for adultery, was forwarded by the king, with as much zeal as if the case was his own." -Parliamentary History; Charles II . (an. 1669). 2. To hasten in growth; to force. "As we house hot country plants, as lemons, to save them, so we may house our own country plants to forward them, and make them come in the cold seasons." -Bacon: Natural History . 3. To send forward or on to the destination; to transmit; as, to forward a letter or a parcel. II. Bookbinding : To prepare for the finisher, by plain covering, a sewed book. For the difference between to forward and to encourage, see ENCOURAGE.