to-comen.²

Brit.

/təˈkʌm/, U.S.

/təˈkəm/

Forms: Middle English to-comene, Middle English– to-come.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: to prep., come v.

Etymology: < to prep. + come v. Compare to-be n.¹Compare classical Latin ventūrum future, use as noun of the neuter singular of ventūrus , future participle of venīre to come (see Venite n.). In form to-comene reflecting the form of the inflected infinitive of come v. (compare discussion at tocome v.).

That which is to come; the future. In later use chiefly with the.Now chiefly in translations of or with reference to the French philosopher Jacques Derrida and his rendering of l'avenir (‘the future’) as l'à-venir (literally ‘the to come’).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [noun]

to-comec1350

the futurec1400

hereafter1546

tocoming1556

aftertime1557

after age1560

after hours1599

futuritya1616

afterwards1669

to-be1819

coming1833

by and by1868

hence1904

c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 65 To nomene, Bote þe treuþege [read treuþinge] bare be Wyþ wordes of to comene... Ȝef þet hy by-treuþed be Wiþ worde of nou ytake, Oþer wyd wordes of to come.

1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. iii. 135 He had cast of al memorie alike, of past, present, and to come [L. futura].

1623 W. Lisle in tr. Ælfric Saxon Treat. Old & New Test. Ded. sig. a^v How of all things the Summe Shewes joy in thee, for present and to come.

1713 J. Gay Wife of Bath i. 37 The Looking glass you see there, is my Necromantic Mirror—wherein I represent Past, Present, and to Come.

1774 J. Bennet Poems Several Occasions 18 One of their tribe, both deaf and dumb, Reveal'd past, present, and to come.

1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 10 The present, and the past, and the to-come.

1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 71 It is fear which beds the far to-come with fire.

1844 E. B. Barrett Drama of Exile in Poems I. 77 Scorning the Past, and damning the To come.

1907 J. Prior Walking Gentleman xvi. 147 He stopped..to ease another button of his waistcoat and to dwell..on the past and the to-come of the menu.

1994 P. Kamuf tr. J. Derrida Specters of Marx 65 The effectivity or actuality of the democratic promise..will always keep within it..this eschatological relation to the to-come of an event and of a singularity.

2006 MLN 121 909 Just what will happen to Derrida's writings in the future, the ‘to come’, is impossible to foresee.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	to-come
释义	to-comen.² Brit. /təˈkʌm/, U.S. /təˈkəm/ Forms: Middle English to-comene, Middle English– to-come. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: to prep., come v. Etymology: < to prep. + come v. Compare to-be n.¹Compare classical Latin ventūrum future, use as noun of the neuter singular of ventūrus , future participle of venīre to come (see Venite n.). In form to-comene reflecting the form of the inflected infinitive of come v. (compare discussion at tocome v.). That which is to come; the future. In later use chiefly with the.Now chiefly in translations of or with reference to the French philosopher Jacques Derrida and his rendering of l'avenir (‘the future’) as l'à-venir (literally ‘the to come’). ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [noun] to-comec1350 the futurec1400 hereafter1546 tocoming1556 aftertime1557 after age1560 after hours1599 futuritya1616 afterwards1669 to-be1819 coming1833 by and by1868 hence1904 c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 65 To nomene, Bote þe treuþege [read treuþinge] bare be Wyþ wordes of to comene... Ȝef þet hy by-treuþed be Wiþ worde of nou ytake, Oþer wyd wordes of to come. 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. iii. 135 He had cast of al memorie alike, of past, present, and to come [L. futura]. 1623 W. Lisle in tr. Ælfric Saxon Treat. Old & New Test. Ded. sig. a^v How of all things the Summe Shewes joy in thee, for present and to come. 1713 J. Gay Wife of Bath i. 37 The Looking glass you see there, is my Necromantic Mirror—wherein I represent Past, Present, and to Come. 1774 J. Bennet Poems Several Occasions 18 One of their tribe, both deaf and dumb, Reveal'd past, present, and to come. 1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 10 The present, and the past, and the to-come. 1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 71 It is fear which beds the far to-come with fire. 1844 E. B. Barrett Drama of Exile in Poems I. 77 Scorning the Past, and damning the To come. 1907 J. Prior Walking Gentleman xvi. 147 He stopped..to ease another button of his waistcoat and to dwell..on the past and the to-come of the menu. 1994 P. Kamuf tr. J. Derrida Specters of Marx 65 The effectivity or actuality of the democratic promise..will always keep within it..this eschatological relation to the to-come of an event and of a singularity. 2006 MLN 121 909 Just what will happen to Derrida's writings in the future, the ‘to come’, is impossible to foresee. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.²c1350
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