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▪ I. † ˈforthcome, n. Obs. rare.
[f. forth adv. + OE. cyme, come n.1]
A coming forth.
c1000ælfric Gen. xxxviii. 28 On ðæra cilda forþcyme. a1300E.E. Psalter civ. [cv.] 38 Fained es Egipt in forth⁓come of am.
▪ II. forthcome, v.|fɔəθˈkʌm|
[f. forth adv. + come v.]
intr. To come forth. Now only as an occasional back-formation from the ppl. a.: To be forthcoming.
a1000Cædmon's Gen. 122 (Gr.) Metod..heht..leoht forð⁓cuman. 1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 713 Man..als a flour bright, First forth comes here til þis light, And es sone broken and passes away. 1848Kingsley Saint's Trag. ii. vii, This food forthcomes not. 1886Spectator 2 Jan. 12/1 If funds be forthcoming (and..funds will forthcome).
Hence forthˈcome ppl. a., that has come forth or been issued. Also forthˈcomer.
1812–14Sir R. Wilson in Sat. Rev. XII. 384/1 Their quantity and quality astonish the Prussians, and gain the English many a gaze as forthcomers from a country where [etc]. 1827Lamb Let. to B. Barton in Life & Lett. xvi. Wks. (1865) 50 A forthcome or coming review of foreign books. 1840New Monthly Mag. LVIII. 497 The last forthcomer from Paternoster-row, or Albemarle-street. 1863Masson in Reader 7 Nov. 527/3 [Books] no longer forthcoming, but actually forthcome within the last few days. |