TOWARD (3)

To″ward (?), a. [[AS. �. See Toward, prep.]] 1. 1. Approaching; coming near. “His toward peril.” Spenser.
2. 2. Readly to do or learn; compliant with duty; not froward; apt; docile; tractable; as, a toward youth.
3. 3. Ready to act; forward; bold; valiant.
Why, that is spoken like a toward prince. Shak.