Etymology

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#FORTHLOOKCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#FORTHLOOK forthloken, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#FORTHLOOKCategory:English terms derived from Old English#FORTHLOOK forþlōcian (“to look forth”), equivalent to forth- +‎ lookCategory:English terms prefixed with forth-#LOOK.

Verb

forthlook (third-person singular simple present forthlooks, present participle forthlooking, simple past and past participle forthlooked)Category:English lemmas#FORTHLOOKCategory:English verbs#FORTHLOOKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FORTHLOOKCategory:Pages with entries#FORTHLOOKCategory:Pages with 1 entry#FORTHLOOK

1. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#FORTHLOOK, obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#FORTHLOOK) To look forth; look out.

Noun

forthlook (plural forthlooks)Category:English lemmas#FORTHLOOKCategory:English nouns#FORTHLOOKCategory:English countable nouns#FORTHLOOKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FORTHLOOKCategory:Pages with entries#FORTHLOOKCategory:Pages with 1 entry#FORTHLOOK

1. A looking forth, forward, or ahead; an outlook; prospect; projection.
   • 1872, Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, New Englander and Yale review:

     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 — [...]

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