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forthcome

verb

Etymology

From Middle English forthcomen, from Old English forþcuman (“to come forth, proceed, arrive at, succeed, come to pass, come true, be born”), from Proto-Germanic *furþą (“forth”), *kwemaną (“to come”), equivalent to forth- + come.

  1. inherited from *furþą✻
  2. inherited from forþcuman
  3. inherited from forthcomen

Definitions

  1. To come forth.

    • By dropping a penny in the slot, the gas was forthcoming, and when a penny's worth had forthcome the supply was automatically shut off.
    • The crowd slowly dissolved as news from doctors and Service upstairs failed to forthcome.
    • With little information forthcoming from Laos authorities, some travelers in Vang Vieng and friends of those who died have taken it upon themselves to investigate.

  2. A coming forth.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA