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▪ I. forthputting, vbl. n.|fɔəθˈpʊtɪŋ|
[f. forth adv. + putting vbl. n.]
1. The action of putting forth.
1640Bp. Reynolds Passions (1658) 1009 The effects of Hope..arising out of want, contention, and forth-putting of the mind. 1833Chalmers Const. Man (1835) II. ii. i. 163 An obvious..forth-putting of skill. 1875McLaren Serm. Ser. ii. ii. 24 A continuous forth-putting of power.
2. U.S. Obtrusive behaviour.
1861Lowell Biglow P. Poems 1890 II. 216 To secure myself against any imputation of unseemly forthputting.
▪ II. forthputting, ppl. a.|fɔəθˈpʊtɪŋ|
[f. forth adv. + putting, pr. pple. of put v.]
That puts forth; esp. that puts oneself forward; forward, obtrusive, presumptuous. (Now chiefly U.S.)
c1570Pride & Lowl. (1841) 33 For soft, and no whit forth⁓putting was he. 1647Trapp Comm. Matt. xviii. 21 Peter is still the same, ever too forwardly and forth-putting. 1854Hawthorne Eng. Note-bks. (1879) II. 312, I should wrong her if I left the impression of her being forth-putting and obtrusive. 1883Howells Register i, Do you think it was forth-putting at all, to ask him? |