单词 | to keep forthcoming |
释义 | > as lemmasto keep (a person) forthcoming 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. < as lemmas |
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