To"ward (?), a. [AS. ?. See Toward, prep.]

1. Approaching; coming near. "His toward peril." Spenser.

2. Readly to do or learn; compliant with duty; not froward; apt; docile; tractable; as, a toward youth.

3. Ready to act; forward; bold; valiant.

Why, that is spoken like a toward prince. Shak.

To"ward { , To"wards } adv.Near; at hand; in state of preparation.

Do you hear sught, sir, of a battle toward ? Shak.

We have a trifling foolish banquet Towards. Shak.

To"ward { , To"wards } (?), prep.[AS. ? impending, imminent, future, toward, ? towards. See To, and -ward, wards.]

1.In the direction of; to.

He set his face toward the wilderness. Num. xxiv. 1.

The waves make towards\\’ the pebbled shore. Shak.

2. With direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or reference to; regarding; concerning.

His eye shall be evil toward his brother. Deut. xxviii. 54.

Herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offense toward God, and toward men. Acts xxiv. 16.

3. Tending to; in the direction of; in behalf of.

This was the first alarm England received towards any trouble. Clarendom.

4. Near; about; approaching to.

I am toward nine years older since I left you. Swift.

-- Webster's unabridged 1913