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▪ I. forthcoming, vbl. n.|fɔəθˈkʌmɪŋ|
[f. forth adv. + coming vbl. n.1]
1. A coming forth; esp. † appearance in court.
1533More Apol. xxxvii. Wks. 903/1 He woulde..rather..suffer them [his harmes] paciently, then to..proue them with his forth comming againe. 1591Child Marriages (1897) 149 Richard Wilson vndertaketh for the furth-coming of Robert Kirks. 1640Order of Lords in Rushw. Hist. Coll. iii. (1692) I. 127 The Lords ordered him to give 10000l. Bail for his forth-coming. 1703J. Logan in Pa. Hist. Soc. Mem. IX. 224 Take security of them for their..forth⁓coming when called for. 1822–34Good 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. 1856C. J. Andersson Lake Ngami 362 My other waggons..had not yet arrived..Whilst abiding their forthcoming, I busied myself in mapping.
2. Sc. Law. See quot. 1861 and cf. forthcoming ppl. a. 1 b.
1754Erskine Princ. Sc. Law (1809) 36 In forthcomings, in poindings of the ground, in mails and duties. 1861W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl., Forthcoming, is the action by which an arrestment is made available to the arrester. 1886Act 49 Vict. c. 23 §3 Such winding up shall..be equivalent to an arrestment in execution and decree of forthcoming.
▪ II. forthcoming, ppl. a.|fɔərθˈkʌmɪŋ|
[f. forth adv. + coming ppl. a.]
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.
1521–32Bp. Longland in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. iii. xcv. 248 That he be forth comyng to his answere when your Grace shall commaund. 1565–73Durham Deposit. (Surtees) 219 To arreste the said Isabell..and to kepe her furthcomyng unto the morning. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. i. i. ii. vii, Memory layes up all the species which the senses have brought in and records them as a good register that they may be forth coming when they are called for. a1635Naunton Fragm. Reg. (Arb.) 17 If you think to rule here, I will take a course to see you forth-coming. 1640–1Kirkcudbr. War-Comm. Min. Bk. (1855) 80 To..find sufficient suretie that the samen shall be furth-cumand to the publict. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. iv. §151 The Members should be forth coming assoon as a Legal Charge should be preferred against them. 1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 170 His everlasting Essence..must be forth-coming. 1795Ld. Auckland Corr. (1862) III. 354, I am forthcoming any day except Monday next. 1829Lytton Disowned 3 When neither Canary, Palermo, nor Sherry are forthcoming. 1859Lang Wand. India 270 He had forgotten all about the forthcoming execution. 1893Law Times XCIV. 601/1 Possible but never forthcoming claimants.
b. Sc. Law in phrase to make forthcoming.
1609Skene Reg. Maj. 24 The ordinator..is bound..to finde and make forthcumand to him ane bondman. 1693V'ct Stair Instit. 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.
1835T. 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. 1942Punch 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. 1971J. Aiken Nightly Deadshade v. 54 ‘Some of your colleagues,’ I say, ‘are not so forthcoming as you seem to wish to be.’
Hence forthˈcomingness.
1808Bentham Sc. Ref. 21 Means of securing forthcomingness, on the part of persons and things, for legal purposes. 1818T. Moore Mem. (1853) II. 133, I see no chance for my escape but in the forthcomingness of his uncle Sheddon. 1969Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 7 Feb. 30/1 The people have that unsophisticated forthcomingness tempered by a subtle irony. |