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Eternal duration, past of future; eternity. From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Ps. xc. 2.

Designed to be executed or carried into effect in time to come, or to take effect on a future contingency; as, an executory devise, reminder, or estate; an executory contract. Blackstone.

A document produced and identified in court for future use as evidence.

ate in expectancy (Law), one the possession of which a person is entitled to have at some future time, either as a remainder or reversion, or on the death of some one. Burrill.

ts in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good. An expectant of future glory. South. Those who had employments, or were expectants. Swift.

The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to happen; prospect of anything good to come, esp. of c or rank. His magnificent expiations made him, in the opinion of the world, the best much in Europe. Prescott. By all men's eyes a youth of expectations. Otway.

Having foresight as regards the future.

Having power to foretell future events; prophetic; fatiloquent; as, the fatidical oak. [R.] Howell. -- Fa*tid"i*cal*ly, adv.

s. This may prove food to my displeasure. Shak. In this moment there is life and food For future years. Wordsworth.

The front; hence, that which is in front; the future. At the fore (Naut.), at the fore royal masthead; -- said of a flag, so raised as a signal for sailing, etc. -- To the fore. (a) In advance; to the front; to a prominent position; in plain sight; in readiness for use. (b) In existence; alive; not worn out, lost, or…

Action in reference to the future; provident care; prudence; wise forethought. This seems an unseasonable foresight. Milton. A random expense, without plan or foresight. Burke.

Sagacious; prudent; provident for the future. Bartram.

foreshow. Deeds then undone my faithful tongue foretold. Pope. Prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and luster of his character. C. Middleton.

Liable to be forfeited; subject to forfeiture. For the future, uses shall be subject to the statutes of mortmain, and forfeitable, like the lands themselves. Blackstone.

Capable of being future; possible to occur. [R.] Not only to things future, but futurable. Fuller.

s are in what is to come; one who anxiously, eagerly, or confidently looks forward to the future; an expectant.

Relating to what is to come; pertaining to futurity; future. [R.]

The state of being future; futurity. [R.] Nothing . . . can have this imagined futurition, but as it is decreed. Coleridge.

State of being that is yet to come; future state.

The science of calculating nativities, or predicting the future events of life from the stars which preside at birth. Jhonson.