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is to be..
(b) with infinitive passive (= Latin gerundive): is to be..= is proper to be, ought to be.., should be.., need be...The infinitive passive is also occasionally used as an adjective preceding the noun; now with hyphens, as to-be-dreaded = dreadful.
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1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) John xxi. 25 I deme neither the world him silf to mowe take tho bookis, that ben to be writun.
c1410 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ (1908) 49 That is..most profitable, and rather to be chosen.
1560 J. Knox et al. Buke Discipline in J. Knox Wks. (1848) II. 243 Unproffitable questionis ar to be avoided.
1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle v. sig. K2v There's no more to be sad.
1775 E. Burke Speech Amer. Taxation 34 If, Sir, the conduct of ministry..had arisen from timidity.., it would have been greatly to be condemned.
1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty v. 181 The taxation..of stimulants..is not only admissible, but to be approved of.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. 28* That same moste fortunate and moste to be desyred kyngdome.1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 157 Such to be pitied and ore-rested seeming, He acts thy greatnesse in.1779 Duchess of Devonshire Sylph II. 50 This shall be the last letter that treats on this to-be-forbidden theme.1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. iii. vi. 835 The to-be-dreaded legacies of smallpox.
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