To-be

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The future, that which is to come. uncountable

    "[…] I shall be thy mate no more, Tho’ following with an upward mind ⁠The wonders that have come to thee, ⁠Thro’ all the secular to be, But evermore a life behind."

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approachingcomingdestineddeterminedemergentextrapolated

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"[…] I shall be thy mate no more, Tho’ following with an upward mind ⁠The wonders that have come to thee, ⁠Thro’ all the secular to be, But evermore a life behind."

Etymology

From to + be.

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