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verb
to come forth; to appear or be produced when expected
The promised funds never forthcame, and the project stalled.
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forthcoming
Etymology
A compound of forth ('forward, out', from Old English forð) and come (Old English cuman), meaning to come forth or appear when expected. Now archaic, surviving chiefly in the adjective forthcoming.
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