Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FOR'WARD, v.t.

1. To advance; to help onward; to promote; as, to forward a good design.
2. To accelerate; to quicken; to hasten; as, to forward the growth of a plant; to forward one in improvement.
3. To send forward; to send toward the place of destination; to transmit; as, to forward a letter or dispatches.