† forthˈset, v. Obs.
[f. forth adv. + set v.1]
trans. To set forth; to present to view, display.
| c 1565 Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (1728) I. 1 They, that are most forthy in the ingyring and forthsetting them⁓selves. 1585 Jas. I Ess. Poesie (Arb.) 37, I had farr rather Babell tower forthsett, Then [etc.]. |
Hence forthˈsetting vbl. n.
| 1528 J. Hacket to Wolsey (MS. Cott. Galba B. ix. 181) Yt myght be a forthesettyng of Frenchemen to make ther bragges. a 1572 Knox Hist. Ref. Wks. 1846 I. 344 Being conveaned..in the name of Jesus Christ, for furth⁓setting of his glorie. a 1847 Chalmers Posth. Wks. I. 76 Let me not enter on the vain attempt to enhance the impression of this celebrated story by any forthsetting of mine. 1863 A. B. Grosart Small Sins Pref. (ed. 2) 10 It has seemed therefore to me advisable to..select less obvious forth-setting of the same great Truths. |