[f. FORTH adv. + GOING vbl. sb.] A going forth.
1382. Wyclif, Ps., Prol. 737. The forth going of profitende men.
[c. 1440. Hylton, Scala Perf. (W. de W., 1494), II. xxxi. A lityll of the forthgoyng fro that refourmyng to the hygher refourmyng.
1587. Golding, De Mornay, v. 56 A certeine couert forewardnesse or foorthgoing of the will towards the thing that is loued.
1833. Chalmers, Const. Man (1835), I. i. 72. The mind of man is a creation; and therefore indicates, by its characteristics, the character of Him, to the fiat and forthgoing of whose will it owes its existence.
1852. Rock, Ch. of Fathers, III. I. 210. He spoke of his hopes that God’s angels would come for his soul at its forth-going.
1870. W. Arnot, Life J. Hamilton, iv. 180. With a great forthgoing towards the common people, he did not despair of standing before kings; and he liked to entertain, as a possible consummation, the prospect of martyrdom.
