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▪ I. forthgoing, vbl. n.|fɔəθˈgəʊɪŋ| [f. forth adv. + going vbl. n.] A going forth.
1382Wyclif Ps. Prol. 737 The forth going of profitende men. c1440Hylton Scala Perf. (W. de W. 1494) ii. xxxi, A lityll of the forthgoyng fro that refourmyng to the hygher refourmyng. 1587Golding De Mornay v. 56 A certeine couert forewardness or foorthgoing of the will towards the thing that is loued. 1833Chalmers Const. Man (1835) I. i. 72 To the fiat and forthgoing of whose will it owes its existence. 1852Rock Ch. of Fathers III. i. 210 His hopes that God's angels would come for his soul at its forth⁓going. 1870W. Arnot Life J. Hamilton iv. 180 With a great forthgoing towards the common people. ▪ II. forthgoing, ppl. a. rare.|fɔəθˈgəʊɪŋ| [f. forth adv. + going ppl. a.] That goes forth; esp. disposed to make advances; enthusiastic; gracious. Cf. forthcoming ppl. a. 2.
1851J. Hamilton Royal Preacher xx. (1854) 258 The great desires of his forthgoing patriotism and piety. 1876Mrs. Whitney Sights & Ins. xxxii. 307 But to him she may have been forthgoing. |