v. Obs. [OE. forðéon, f. FORTH adv. + téon: see TEE v.] trans. a. To manifest outwardly. b. To bring forward, adduce, quote. c. To draw (a person) on, seduce, beguile.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 35, 37. Þe deuel wuandreð abuten us he teð forð geres hwile after fox, hwile after wulue, hwile after luen, hwile after oðre, and on ech of hise deden is iefned to þe deore wuas geres he forðteoð. Ibid., 145. Þe fewe word þe ich nu forð-tegh he specð of þe holie mannen þe folgeden ure helende lichamlich[e] on eorðe. Ibid., 199. Man mid is gele, eggeð us and fondeð and forþ-teþ to idele þonke.
