单词 | forthcoming |
释义 | forthcomingn. 1. A coming forth; esp. †appearance in court. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > an act or instance of forthcomec1000 outlope?1241 going-outc1350 forthgoing1382 excourse?1520 forthcoming1533 outcoming1548 Exodus1623 outray?1624 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [noun] > appearance before court appearancec1460 peremptor1489 forthcoming1533 comparition1611 surrender1825 1533 T. More Apol. xxxvii, in Wks. 903/1 He woulde..rather..suffer them [his harmes] paciently, then to..proue them with his forth comming againe. 1591 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 149 Richard Wilson vndertaketh for the furth-coming of Robert Kirks. 1640 Order of Lords in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 127 The Lords ordered him to give 10000l. Bail for his forth-coming. 1703 J. Logan in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1870) IX. 224 Take security of them for their..forth~coming when called for. 1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) IV. 353 He had notice of their [i.e. the worms'] forth-coming by a sense of heat in the urinary canal. 1856 C. J. Andersson Lake Ngami 362 My other waggons..had not yet arrived..Whilst abiding their forthcoming, I busied myself in mapping. 2. Scots Law. See quot. 1861 and cf. forthcoming adj. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [noun] > seizing lands or goods > attachment of person or property for debt > arrestment of money or goods > making arrestment available forthcoming1754 1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. I. i. iv. 34 In forthcomings, in poindings of the ground, in mails and duties. 1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) Forthcoming, is the action by which an arrestment is made available to the arrester. 1886 Act 49 Vict. c. 23 §3 Such winding up shall..be equivalent to an arrestment in execution and decree of forthcoming. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). forthcomingadj. 1. a. About to or likely to come forth; also simply, coming or approaching (in time); esp. ready to appear or be produced when required, at one's disposal or within one's reach, ‘get-at-able’. Said both of persons and things. †to keep (a person) forthcoming: to keep in safe custody. †to see (a person) forthcoming: ? to make amenable to control. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [adjective] > conveniently near readyc1175 ready to (also at) handa1393 hend?a1513 forthcoming1521 handy1650 the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adjective] > imminent, near, or at hand towardc890 comingOE at handc1175 hendc1175 hendc1175 short?a1400 likec1425 near present?c1450 hangingc1503 instant?1520 neara1522 approachinga1525 imminent1528 provenient1554 threatened1567 near-threateninga1586 eminent1587 impendenta1592 sudden1597 ensuing1603 dependenta1616 pending1642 incumbent1646 early1655 fast-approaching1671 impendinga1686 incoming1753 pendent1805 proximatea1831 simmering1843 pending1850 invenient1854 looming1855 forthcoming1859 near-term1929 upcoming1959 1521–32 Bp. Longland in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. I. xcv. 248 That he be forth comyng to his aunswere when your Grace shall commaund. 1565–73 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 219 To arreste the said Isabell..and to kepe her furthcomyng unto the morning. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. i. ii. vii. 36 Memory layes vp all the Species which the Senses haue brought in, and records them as a good Register, that they may be forth-coming when they are called for. 1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 4 Nov. (1855) 80 To..find sufficient suretie that the samen shall be furth-cumand to the publict. 1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. A4 If you thinke to rule here, I will take course to see you forth coming. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 170 His everlasting Essence..must be forth-coming. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iv. 281 The Members should be forth coming assoon as a Legal Charge should be preferred against them. 1795 Ld. Auckland Corr. (1862) III. 354 I am forthcoming any day except Monday next. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Disowned I. i. 12 Take up with ale when neither Canary, Palermo, nor Sherry are forthcoming. 1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 270 He had forgotten all about the forthcoming execution. 1893 Law Times 94 601/1 Possible but never forthcoming claimants. b. Scots Law in phrase to make forthcoming. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [verb (transitive)] > seize for debt > make available to arrester to make forthcoming1609 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 24 The ordinator..is bound..to finde and make forthcumand to him ane bondman. 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. iii. i. §36. 374 This action for making Sums or Goods arrested forthcoming is ordinary. 2. Ready to make or meet advances. Also, informative, responsive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adjective] aefauldOE trueOE true as steela1300 throlya1375 entirec1380 faithfula1382 entirelyc1400 single1519 sincere1533 sincere1539 simple-minded1556 Dunstable?1565 truthful?1567 single-hearted1574 single-minded1577 sound1580 downright1584 unaffected1592 real1597 plain-hearted1601 unartificial1603 free1619 honest1634 fair and square1636 round-dealing1642 wholehearted1657 down flata1663 well-designing1670 heart-whole1684 single-eyed1705 unsanctimoniousa1797 natural1825 bona fide1827 unfallacious1827 jannock1828 forthcoming1835 up and down1836 bonified1840 forthgoing1851 unhypocritical1854 forthright1855 upstanding1863 on the level1872 genuine1890 for real1954 upfront1967 1835 T. Moore Mem. (1856) VII. 81 Nothing could be more frank or forthcoming than his manner. 1885 ‘L. Malet’ Col. Enderby's Wife iii. vi She was extremely gracious and forthcoming; but one might detect a certain watchfulness and hardness behind her genial manner. 1942 Punch 8 July 12/1 The War Minister..got into a brisk row with most of the House when he was not very forthcoming on the question of dive-bombers. 1971 J. Aiken Nightly Deadshade v. 54 ‘Some of your colleagues,’ I say, ‘are not so forthcoming as you seem to wish to be.’ Derivatives forthˈcomingness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [noun] > frankness, straightforwardness plainness1465 plain dealinga1529 freeness1548 roundness1557 ingenuity1614 apertness1618 downrightness1628 unconspiringness1661 frankness1668 even downa1679 undisguise1804 forthcomingness1808 undisguisedness1814 overtness1865 forthrightness1873 1808 J. Bentham Sc. Reform 21 Means of securing forthcomingness, on the part of persons and things, for legal purposes. 1818 T. Moore Mem. (1853) II. 133 I see no chance for my escape but in the forthcomingness of his uncle Sheddon. 1969 Daily Tel. 7 Feb. (Colour Suppl.) 30/1 The people have that unsophisticated forthcomingness tempered by a subtle irony. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1533adj.1521 |
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