To deal in futures, to speculate on the future values of merchandise or
stocks. [Brokers' cant]
Fu"ture*less, a. Without prospect of betterment in the future. W. D.
Howells.
Fu"ture*ly, adv. In time to come. [Obs.] Raleigh.
Fu"tur*ist, n. 1. One whose chief interests are in what is to come; one
who anxiously, eagerly, or confidently looks forward to the future; an
expectant.
2. (Theol.) One who believes or maintains that the fulfillment of the
prophecies of the Bible is to be in the future.
Fu`tu*ri"tial (?; 135), a. Relating to what is to come; pertaining to
futurity; future. [R.]
Fu`tu*ri"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. futurition.] The state of being future;
futurity. [R.]
Nothing . . . can have this imagined futurition, but as it is
decreed.
Coleridge.
Fu*tu"ri*ty (?), n.; pl. Futurities (&?;).