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forthlook en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English forthloken, from Old English forþlōcian (“to look forth”), equivalent to forth- + look.

Meanings

  1. A looking forth, forward, or ahead; an outlook; prospect; projection.
    • This essay is a thoughtful forthlook to the time when, at the approaching disestablishment of the Episcopal Church in England, Congregationalism will be placed on a new footing — [...] 1872, Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, New Englander and Yale review:

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forthlooks Number=Plur lexicographic

forthlook en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English forthloken, from Old English forþlōcian (“to look forth”), equivalent to forth- + look.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To look forth; look out.

Forms

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forthlooked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
forthlooked Tense=Past lexicographic
forthlooking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
forthlooks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic