toward

1. (dated) Approaching, coming near; impending; present, at hand.Examples: "Do you heare ought (Sir) of a Battell toward."; "On the morrow, after mass, our Lord Abbot [Samson of Tottington] orders the Cellerarius to send off his carpenters to demolish the said structure brevi manu, and lay up the wood in safe keeping. Old Dean Herbert, hearing what was toward, comes tottering along hither, to plead humbly for himself and his mill."Synonyms: imminentUSdatednot-comparable

2. (obsolete or archaic) Promising, likely.Examples: "Clif[ford] Why that is ſpoken like a toward Prince."; "My Miſtreſs had a Daughter of nine Years old, a Child of toward Parts for her Age, very dextrous at her Needle, and ſkilful in dreſſing her Baby."USarchaicnot-comparableobsolete

3. (obsolete) Future; to-come.Examples: "But ear that wiſhed day his beame diſcloſd, / He either enuying my toward good, / Or of him ſelfe to treaſon ill diſpoſd / One day vnto me came in friendly mood, / And told for ſecret how he vnderſtood / […]"USnot-comparableobsolete