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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COME, v.i.
1. To move towards; to advance near, in any manner, and from any distance. We say, the men come this way, whether riding or on foot; the wind comes from the west; the ship comes with a fine breeze; light comes from the sun. It is applicable perhaps to every thing susceptible of motion, and is opposed to go.
2. To draw nigh; to approach; to arrive; to be present
Come thou and all thy house into the ark. Genesis 7.
All my time will I wait, till my change come. Job 14.
When shall I come and appear before God? Psalms 42.
Then shall the end come. Matthew 24.
Thy kingdom come; thy will be done. Matthew 6.
The time has come.
3. To advance and arrive at some state or condition; as, the ships came to action; the players came to blows; is it come to this?
His sons come to honor and he knoweth it not. Job 14.
I wonder how he came to know what had been done; how did he come by his knowledge? the heir comes into possession of his estate; the man will come in time to abhor the vices of his youth, or he will come to be poor and despicable, or to poverty.
In these and similar phrases, we observe the process or advance is applied to the body or to the mind, indifferently; and to persons or events.
4. To happen or fall out; as, how comes that? Let come what will. Hence when followed by an object or person, with to or on, to befall; to light on.
After all that has come on us for our evil deeds. Ezra 9.
All things come alike to all. Ecclesiastes 9.
5. To advance or move into view; to appear; as, blood or color comes and goes in the face.
6. To sprout, as plants; to spring. The corn comes or comes up. In the coming or sprouting of malt, as it must not come too little, so it must not come too much. So Bacon uses the word; and this use of it coincides nearly with the sense of 2 Ki
19:26 and in the same chapter inserted in Isa
34:27. It is the G. Kiemen, Icelandic kiema, to bud, or germinate.
7. To become.
So came I a widow.
8. To appear or be formed, as butter; to advance or change from cream to butter; a common use of the word; as, the butter comes.
9. Come, in the imperative, is used to excite attention, or to invite to motion or joint action; come, let us go.
This is the heir; come, let us kill him.
When repeated, it sometimes expresses haste; come, come. Sometimes if expresses or introduces rebuke.
As the sense of come is to move, in almost any manner, in its various applications, that sense is modified indefinitely by other words used in connection with it. Thus with words expressing approach, it denotes advancing nearer; with words expressing departure, as from, of, out of, etc., it denotes motion from, etc.
To come about, to happen; to fall out; to come to pass; to arrive. How did these tings come about? So the French venir a bout, to come to the end, that is, to arrive.
To come about, to turn; to change; to come round. The wind will come about from west to east. The ship comes about. It is applied to a change of sentiments.
On better thoughts, and my urged reasons,
They are come about, and won to the true side.
To come again, to return. Genesis 28, Leviticus 14.
To come after, to follow. Matthew 24. Also to come to obtain; as, to come after a book.
To come at, to reach; to arrive within reach of; to gain; to come so near as to be able to take or possess. We prize those most who are hardest to come at. To come at a true knowledge of ourselves.
Also, to come towards, as in attacking.
To come away, to depart from; to leave; to issue from.
To come back, to return.
To come by, to pass near; a popular phrase. Also, to obtain, gain, acquire; that is, to come near, at or close. Examine how you came by all your state.
This is not an irregular or improper use of this word. It is precisely equivalent to possess, to sit by. [See Possess.]
To come down, to descend.
The Lord will come down on mount Sinai. Exodus 19.
Also, to be humbled or abased.
Your principalities shall come down. Jeremiah 13.
Come down from thy glory. Jeremiah 48.
To come for, to come to get or obtain; to come after.
To come forth, to issue or proceed from. Genesis 15, Isaiah 11, Micah 5.
Also, to depart from; to leave. Mark 9.
Also, to come abroad. Jeremiah 4.
To come from, to depart from to leave. In popular language, this phrase is equivalent to, where is his native place or former place of residence; where did this man, this animal or this plant originate.
To come home, that is, to come to home, or the house; to arrive at the dwelling. Hence, to come close; to press closely; to touch the feelings, interest, or reason.
Come is an intransitive verb, but the participle come is much used with the substantive verb, in the passive form. The end of all flesh is come. I am come, thou art come, he is come, we are come, etc. This use of the substantive verb, for have, is perhaps too well established to be rejected; but have or has should be used in such phrases. In the phrase, come Friday, come Candlemas, there is an ellipsis of certain words, as when Friday shall come.
Come, come, the repetition of come, expresses haste, or exhortation to hasten. Sometimes it introduces a threat.
COME, n. A sprout.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract [syn: semen, seed, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come] v
1: move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room" [syn: come, come up] [ant: depart, go, go away]
2: reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight" [syn: arrive, get, come] [ant: go away, go forth, leave]
3: come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June"
4: reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position; "The water came to a boil"; "We came to understand the true meaning of life"; "Their anger came to a boil"; "I came to realize the true meaning of life"; "The shoes came untied"; "come into contact with a terrorist group"; "his face went red"; "your wish will come true"
5: to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience" [syn: come, follow]
6: be found or available; "These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled"
7: come forth; "A scream came from the woman's mouth"; "His breath came hard" [syn: issue forth, come]
8: be a native of; "She hails from Kalamazoo" [syn: hail, come]
9: extend or reach; "The water came up to my waist"; "The sleeves come to your knuckles"
10: exist or occur in a certain point in a series; "Next came the student from France"
11: cover a certain distance; "She came a long way"
12: come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading" [syn: fall, come]
13: happen as a result; "Nothing good will come of this"
14: add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000" [syn: total, number, add up, come, amount]
15: develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans" [syn: come, add up, amount]
16: be received; "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda" [syn: come, come in]
17: come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her" [syn: occur, come]
18: come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins" [syn: derive, come, descend]
19: proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way" [syn: do, fare, make out, come, get along]
20: experience orgasm; "she could not come because she was too upset"
21: have a certain priority; "My family comes first"

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (came; come; coming) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cuman; akin to Old High German queman to come, Latin venire, Greek bainein to walk, go Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. to move toward something ; approach <come here> b. to move or journey to a vicinity with a specified purpose <come see us> <come and see what's going on> c. (1) to reach a particular station in a series <now we come to the section on health> (2) to arrive in due course <the time has come> d. (1) to approach in kind or quality <this comes near perfection> (2) to reach a condition or conclusion <came to regard him as a friend> <come to think of it, you may be right> e. (1) to advance toward accomplishment ; come along <the job is coming nicely> (2) to advance in a particular manner <come running when I call> (3) to advance, rise, or improve in rank or condition <has come a long way> f. extend <her dress came to her ankles> 2. a. (1) to arrive at a particular place, end, result, or conclusion <came to his senses> <come untied> (2) amount <the taxes on it come to more than it's worth> b. (1) to appear to the mind <the answer came to them> (2) to appear on a scene ; make an appearance <children come equipped to learn any language> c. (1) happen, occur <no harm will come to you> (2) to come to pass ; take place — used in the subjunctive with inverted subject and verb to express the particular time or occasion <come spring the days will be longer> d. originate, arise <wine comes from grapes> <they come of sturdy stock> e. to enter or assume a condition, position, or relation <artillery came into action> f. to fall within a field of view or a range of application <this comes within the terms of the treaty> g. to issue forth <a sob came from her throat> h. to take form <churn till the butter comes> i. to be available <this model comes in several sizes> <as good as they come> j. often vulgar to experience orgasm 3. to fall to a person in a division or inheritance of property 4. obsolete to become moved favorably ; relent 5. to turn out to be <good clothes don't come cheap> 6. become <a dream that came true> transitive verb 1. to approach or be near (an age) <a child coming eight years old> 2. to take on the aspect of <come the stern parent> II. noun Date: 1923 1. often vulgar semen 2. often vulgar orgasm

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.intr. (past came; past part. come) 1 move, be brought towards, or reach a place thought of as near or familiar to the speaker or hearer (come and see me; shall we come to your house?; the books have come). 2 reach or be brought to a specified situation or result (you'll come to no harm; have come to believe it; has come to be used wrongly; came into prominence). 3 reach or extend to a specified point (the road comes within a mile of us). 4 traverse or accomplish (with compl. : have come a long way). 5 occur, happen; become present instead of future (how did you come to break your leg?). 6 take or occupy a specified position in space or time (it comes on the third page; Nero came after Claudius; it does not come within the scope of the inquiry). 7 become perceptible or known (the church came into sight; the news comes as a surprise; it will come to me). 8 be available (the dress comes in three sizes; this model comes with optional features). 9 become (with compl. : the handle has come loose). 10 (foll. by of) a be descended from (comes of a rich family). b be the result of (that comes of complaining). 11 colloq. play the part of; behave like (with compl. : don't come the bully with me). 12 sl. have a sexual orgasm. 13 (in subj.) colloq. when a specified time is reached (come next month). 14 (as int.) expressing caution or reserve (come, it cannot be that bad). --n. sl. semen ejaculated at a sexual orgasm. Phrases and idioms: as ... as they come typically or supremely so (is as tough as they come). come about happen; take place. come across 1 be effective or understood. 2 (foll. by with) sl. hand over what is wanted. 3 meet or find by chance (came across an old jacket). come again colloq. 1 make a further effort. 2 (as imper.) ) what did you say? come along 1 make progress; move forward. 2 (as imper.) hurry up. come and go 1 pass to and fro; be transitory. 2 pay brief visits. come apart fall or break into pieces, disintegrate. come at 1 reach, discover; get access to. 2 attack (came at me with a knife). come-at-able adj. reachable, accessible. come away 1 become detached or broken off (came away in my hands). 2 (foll. by with) be left with a feeling, impression, etc. (came away with many misgivings). come back 1 return. 2 recur to one's memory. 3 become fashionable or popular again. 4 US reply, retort. come before be dealt with by (a judge etc.). come between 1 interfere with the relationship of. 2 separate; prevent contact between. come by 1 pass; go past. 2 call on a visit (why not come by tomorrow?). 3 acquire, obtain (came by a new bicycle). come clean see CLEAN. come down 1 come to a place or position regarded as lower. 2 lose position or wealth (has come down in the world). 3 be handed down by tradition or inheritance. 4 be reduced; show a downward trend (prices are coming down). 5 (foll. by against, in favour of) reach a decision or recommendation (the report came down against change). 6 (foll. by to) signify or betoken basically; be dependent on (a factor) (it comes down to who is willing to go). 7 (foll. by on) criticize harshly; rebuke, punish. 8 (foll. by with) begin to suffer from (a disease). come for 1 come to collect or receive. 2 attack (came for me with a hammer). come forward 1 advance. 2 offer oneself for a task, post, etc. come-hither attrib.adj. colloq. (of a look or manner) enticing, flirtatious. come in 1 enter a house or room. 2 take a specified position in a race etc. (came in third). 3 become fashionable or seasonable. 4 a have a useful role or function. b (with compl.) prove to be (came in very handy). c have a part to play (where do I come in?). 5 be received (more news has just come in). 6 begin speaking, esp. in radio transmission. 7 be elected; come to power. 8 Cricket begin an innings. 9 (foll. by for) receive; be the object of (usu. something unwelcome) (came in for much criticism). 10 (foll. by on) join (an enterprise etc.). 11 (of a tide) turn to high tide. 12 (of a train, ship, or aircraft) approach its destination. come into 1 see senses 2, 7 of v. 2 receive, esp. as heir. come near see NEAR. come of age see AGE. come off 1 colloq. (of an action) succeed; be accomplished. 2 (with compl.) fare; turn out (came off badly; came off the winner). 3 coarse sl. have a sexual orgasm. 4 be detached or detachable (from). 5 fall (from). 6 be reduced or subtracted from (£5 came off the price). come off it (as imper.) colloq. an expression of disbelief or refusal to accept another's opinion, behaviour, etc. come on 1 continue to come. 2 advance, esp. to attack. 3 make progress; thrive (is really coming on). 4 (foll. by to + infin.) begin (it came on to rain). 5 appear on the stage, field of play, etc. 6 be heard or seen on television, on the telephone, etc. 7 arise to be discussed. 8 (as imper.) expressing encouragement. 9 = come upon. come-on n. sl. a lure or enticement. come out 1 emerge; become known (it came out that he had left). 2 appear or be published (comes out every Saturday). 3 a declare oneself; make a decision (came out in favour of joining). b openly declare that one is a homosexual. 4 Brit. go on strike. 5 a be satisfactorily visible in a photograph etc., or present in a specified way (the dog didn't come out; he came out badly). b (of a photograph) be produced satisfactorily or in a specified way (only three have come out; they all came out well). 6 attain a specified result in an examination etc. 7 (of a stain etc.) be removed. 8 make one's début on stage or in society. 9 (foll. by in) be covered with (came out in spots). 10 (of a problem) be solved. 11 (foll. by with) declare openly; disclose. come over 1 come from some distance or nearer to the speaker (came over from Paris; come over here a moment). 2 change sides or one's opinion. 3 a (of a feeling etc.) overtake or affect (a person). b colloq. feel suddenly (came over faint). 4 appear or sound in a specified way (you came over very well; the ideas came over clearly). 5 affect or influence (I don't know what came over me). come round 1 pay an informal visit. 2 recover consciousness. 3 be converted to another person's opinion. 4 (of a date or regular occurrence) recur; be imminent again. come through 1 be successful; survive. 2 be received by telephone. 3 survive or overcome (a difficulty) (came through the ordeal). come to 1 recover consciousness. 2 Naut. bring a vessel to a stop. 3 reach in total; amount to. 4 refl. a recover consciousness. b stop being foolish. 5 have as a destiny; reach (what is the world coming to?). come to hand become available; be recovered. come to light see LIGHT(1). come to nothing have no useful result in the end; fail. come to pass happen, occur. come to rest cease moving. come to one's senses see SENSE. come to that colloq. in fact; if that is the case. come under 1 be classified as or among. 2 be subject to (influence or authority). come up 1 come to a place or position regarded as higher. 2 attain wealth or position (come up in the world ). 3 (of an issue, problem, etc.) arise; present itself; be mentioned or discussed. 4 (often foll. by to) a approach a person, esp. to talk. b approach or draw near to a specified time, event, etc. (is coming up to eight o'clock). 5 (foll. by to) match (a standard etc.). 6 (foll. by with) produce (an idea etc.), esp. in response to a challenge. 7 (of a plant etc.) spring up out of the ground. 8 become brighter (e.g. with polishing); shine more brightly. come up against be faced with or opposed by. come upon 1 meet or find by chance. 2 attack by surprise. come what may no matter what happens. have it coming to one colloq. be about to get one's deserts. how come? colloq. how did that happen? if it comes to that in that case. to come future; in the future (the year to come; many problems were still to come). Etymology: OE cuman f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Come Come, v. i. [imp. Came; p. p. Come; p. pr & vb. n. Coming.] [OE. cumen, comen, AS. cuman; akin to OS. kuman, D. komen, OHG. queman, G. kommen, Icel. koma, Sw. komma, Dan. komme, Goth. giman, L. venire (gvenire), Gr. ? to go, Skr. gam. [root]23. Cf. Base, n., Convene, Adventure.] 1. To move hitherward; to draw near; to approach the speaker, or some place or person indicated; -- opposed to go. Look, who comes yonder? --Shak. I did not come to curse thee. --Tennyson. 2. To complete a movement toward a place; to arrive. When we came to Rome. --Acts xxviii. 16. Lately come from Italy. --Acts xviii. 2. 3. To approach or arrive, as if by a journey or from a distance. ``Thy kingdom come.'' --Matt. vi. 10. The hour is coming, and now is. --John. v. 25. So quick bright things come to confusion. --Shak. 4. To approach or arrive, as the result of a cause, or of the act of another. From whence come wars? --James iv. 1. Both riches and honor come of thee ! --1 Chron. xxix. 12. 5. To arrive in sight; to be manifest; to appear. Then butter does refuse to come. --Hudibras. 6. To get to be, as the result of change or progress; -- with a predicate; as, to come untied. How come you thus estranged? --Shak. How come her eyes so bright? --Shak. Note: Am come, is come, etc., are frequently used instead of have come, has come, etc., esp. in poetry. The verb to be gives a clearer adjectival significance to the participle as expressing a state or condition of the subject, while the auxiliary have expresses simply the completion of the action signified by the verb. Think not that I am come to destroy. --Matt. v. 17. We are come off like Romans. --Shak. The melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year. --Bryant. Note: Come may properly be used (instead of go) in speaking of a movement hence, or away, when there is reference to an approach to the person addressed; as, I shall come home next week; he will come to your house to-day. It is used with other verbs almost as an auxiliary, indicative of approach to the action or state expressed by the verb; as, how came you to do it? Come is used colloquially, with reference to a definite future time approaching, without an auxiliary; as, it will be two years, come next Christmas; i. e., when Christmas shall come. They were cried In meeting, come next Sunday. --Lowell. Come, in the imperative, is used to excite attention, or to invite to motion or joint action; come, let us go. ``This is the heir; come, let us kill him.'' --Matt. xxi. 38. When repeated, it sometimes expresses haste, or impatience, and sometimes rebuke. ``Come, come, no time for lamentation now.'' --Milton. To come, yet to arrive, future. ``In times to come.'' --Dryden. ``There's pippins and cheese to come.'' --Shak. To come about. (a) To come to pass; to arrive; to happen; to result; as, how did these things come about? (b) To change; to come round; as, the ship comes about. ``The wind is come about.'' --Shak. On better thoughts, and my urged reasons, They are come about, and won to the true side. --B. Jonson. To come abroad. (a) To move or be away from one's home or country. ``Am come abroad to see the world.'' --Shak. (b) To become public or known. [Obs.] ``Neither was anything kept secret, but that it should come abroad.'' --Mark. iv. 22. To come across, to meet; to find, esp. by chance or suddenly. ``We come across more than one incidental mention of those wars.'' --E. A. Freeman. ``Wagner's was certainly one of the strongest and most independent natures I ever came across.'' --H. R. Haweis. To come after. (a) To follow. (b) To come to take or to obtain; as, to come after a book. To come again, to return. ``His spirit came again and he revived.'' --Judges. xv. 19. - To come and go. (a) To appear and disappear; to change; to alternate. ``The color of the king doth come and go.'' --Shak. (b) (Mech.) To play backward and forward. To come at. (a) To reach; to arrive within reach of; to gain; as, to come at a true knowledge of ourselves. (b) To come toward; to attack; as, he came at me with fury. To come away, to part or depart. To come between, to intervene; to separate; hence, to cause estrangement. To come by. (a) To obtain, gain, acquire. ``Examine how you came by all your state.'' --Dryden. (b) To pass near or by way of. To come down. (a) To descend. (b) To be humbled. To come down upon, to call to account, to reprimand. [Colloq.] --Dickens. To come home. (a) To return to one's house or family. (b) To come close; to press closely; to touch the feelings, interest, or reason. (c) (Naut.) To be loosened from the ground; -- said of an anchor. To come in. (a) To enter, as a town, house, etc. ``The thief cometh in.'' --Hos. vii. 1. (b) To arrive; as, when my ship comes in. (c) To assume official station or duties; as, when Lincoln came in. (d) To comply; to yield; to surrender. ``We need not fear his coming in'' --Massinger. (e) To be brought into use. ``Silken garments did not come in till late.'' --Arbuthnot. (f) To be added or inserted; to be or become a part of. (g) To accrue as gain from any business or investment. (h) To mature and yield a harvest; as, the crops come in well. (i) To have sexual intercourse; -- with to or unto. --Gen. xxxviii. 16. (j) To have young; to bring forth; as, the cow will come in next May. [U. S.] To come in for, to claim or receive. ``The rest came in for subsidies.'' --Swift. To come into, to join with; to take part in; to agree to; to comply with; as, to come into a party or scheme. To come it over, to hoodwink; to get the advantage of. [Colloq.] To come near or nigh, to approach in place or quality; to be equal to. ``Nothing ancient or modern seems to come near it.'' --Sir W. Temple. To come of. (a) To descend or spring from. ``Of Priam's royal race my mother came.'' --Dryden. (b) To result or follow from. ``This comes of judging by the eye.'' --L'Estrange. To come off. (a) To depart or pass off from. (b) To get free; to get away; to escape. (c) To be carried through; to pass off; as, it came off well. (d) To acquit one's self; to issue from (a contest, etc.); as, he came off with honor; hence, substantively, a come-off, an escape; an excuse; an evasion. [Colloq.] (e) To pay over; to give. [Obs.] (f) To take place; to happen; as, when does the race come off? (g) To be or become after some delay; as, the weather came off very fine. (h) To slip off or be taken off, as a garment; to separate. (i) To hurry away; to get through. --Chaucer. To come off by, to suffer. [Obs.] ``To come off by the worst.'' --Calamy. To come off from, to leave. ``To come off from these grave disquisitions.'' --Felton. To come on. (a) To advance; to make progress; to thrive. (b) To move forward; to approach; to supervene. To come out. (a) To pass out or depart, as from a country, room, company, etc. ``They shall come out with great substance.'' --Gen. xv. 14. (b) To become public; to appear; to be published. ``It is indeed come out at last.'' --Bp. Stillingfleet. (c) To end; to result; to turn out; as, how will this affair come out? he has come out well at last. (d) To be introduced into society; as, she came out two seasons ago. (e) To appear; to show itself; as, the sun came out. (f) To take sides; to take a stand; as, he came out against the tariff.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Come Come, v. i. [imp. Came; p. p. Come; p. pr & vb. n. Coming.] [OE. cumen, comen, AS. cuman; akin to OS. kuman, D. komen, OHG. queman, G. kommen, Icel. koma, Sw. komma, Dan. komme, Goth. giman, L. venire (gvenire), Gr. ? to go, Skr. gam. [root]23. Cf. Base, n., Convene, Adventure.] 1. To move hitherward; to draw near; to approach the speaker, or some place or person indicated; -- opposed to go. Look, who comes yonder? --Shak. I did not come to curse thee. --Tennyson. 2. To complete a movement toward a place; to arrive. When we came to Rome. --Acts xxviii. 16. Lately come from Italy. --Acts xviii. 2. 3. To approach or arrive, as if by a journey or from a distance. ``Thy kingdom come.'' --Matt. vi. 10. The hour is coming, and now is. --John. v. 25. So quick bright things come to confusion. --Shak. 4. To approach or arrive, as the result of a cause, or of the act of another. From whence come wars? --James iv. 1. Both riches and honor come of thee ! --1 Chron. xxix. 12. 5. To arrive in sight; to be manifest; to appear. Then butter does refuse to come. --Hudibras. 6. To get to be, as the result of change or progress; -- with a predicate; as, to come untied. How come you thus estranged? --Shak. How come her eyes so bright? --Shak. Note: Am come, is come, etc., are frequently used instead of have come, has come, etc., esp. in poetry. The verb to be gives a clearer adjectival significance to the participle as expressing a state or condition of the subject, while the auxiliary have expresses simply the completion of the action signified by the verb. Think not that I am come to destroy. --Matt. v. 17. We are come off like Romans. --Shak. The melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year. --Bryant. Note: Come may properly be used (instead of go) in speaking of a movement hence, or away, when there is reference to an approach to the person addressed; as, I shall come home next week; he will come to your house to-day. It is used with other verbs almost as an auxiliary, indicative of approach to the action or state expressed by the verb; as, how came you to do it? Come is used colloquially, with reference to a definite future time approaching, without an auxiliary; as, it will be two years, come next Christmas; i. e., when Christmas shall come. They were cried In meeting, come next Sunday. --Lowell. Come, in the imperative, is used to excite attention, or to invite to motion or joint action; come, let us go. ``This is the heir; come, let us kill him.'' --Matt. xxi. 38. When repeated, it sometimes expresses haste, or impatience, and sometimes rebuke. ``Come, come, no time for lamentation now.'' --Milton. To come, yet to arrive, future. ``In times to come.'' --Dryden. ``There's pippins and cheese to come.'' --Shak. To come about. (a) To come to pass; to arrive; to happen; to result; as, how did these things come about? (b) To change; to come round; as, the ship comes about. ``The wind is come about.'' --Shak. On better thoughts, and my urged reasons, They are come about, and won to the true side. --B. Jonson. To come abroad. (a) To move or be away from one's home or country. ``Am come abroad to see the world.'' --Shak. (b) To become public or known. [Obs.] ``Neither was anything kept secret, but that it should come abroad.'' --Mark. iv. 22. To come across, to meet; to find, esp. by chance or suddenly. ``We come across more than one incidental mention of those wars.'' --E. A. Freeman. ``Wagner's was certainly one of the strongest and most independent natures I ever came across.'' --H. R. Haweis. To come after. (a) To follow. (b) To come to take or to obtain; as, to come after a book. To come again, to return. ``His spirit came again and he revived.'' --Judges. xv. 19. - To come and go. (a) To appear and disappear; to change; to alternate. ``The color of the king doth come and go.'' --Shak. (b) (Mech.) To play backward and forward. To come at. (a) To reach; to arrive within reach of; to gain; as, to come at a true knowledge of ourselves. (b) To come toward; to attack; as, he came at me with fury. To come away, to part or depart. To come between, to intervene; to separate; hence, to cause estrangement. To come by. (a) To obtain, gain, acquire. ``Examine how you came by all your state.'' --Dryden. (b) To pass near or by way of. To come down. (a) To descend. (b) To be humbled. To come down upon, to call to account, to reprimand. [Colloq.] --Dickens. To come home. (a) To return to one's house or family. (b) To come close; to press closely; to touch the feelings, interest, or reason. (c) (Naut.) To be loosened from the ground; -- said of an anchor. To come in. (a) To enter, as a town, house, etc. ``The thief cometh in.'' --Hos. vii. 1. (b) To arrive; as, when my ship comes in. (c) To assume official station or duties; as, when Lincoln came in. (d) To comply; to yield; to surrender. ``We need not fear his coming in'' --Massinger. (e) To be brought into use. ``Silken garments did not come in till late.'' --Arbuthnot. (f) To be added or inserted; to be or become a part of. (g) To accrue as gain from any business or investment. (h) To mature and yield a harvest; as, the crops come in well. (i) To have sexual intercourse; -- with to or unto. --Gen. xxxviii. 16. (j) To have young; to bring forth; as, the cow will come in next May. [U. S.] To come in for, to claim or receive. ``The rest came in for subsidies.'' --Swift. To come into, to join with; to take part in; to agree to; to comply with; as, to come into a party or scheme. To come it over, to hoodwink; to get the advantage of. [Colloq.] To come near or nigh, to approach in place or quality; to be equal to. ``Nothing ancient or modern seems to come near it.'' --Sir W. Temple. To come of. (a) To descend or spring from. ``Of Priam's royal race my mother came.'' --Dryden. (b) To result or follow from. ``This comes of judging by the eye.'' --L'Estrange. To come off. (a) To depart or pass off from. (b) To get free; to get away; to escape. (c) To be carried through; to pass off; as, it came off well. (d) To acquit one's self; to issue from (a contest, etc.); as, he came off with honor; hence, substantively, a come-off, an escape; an excuse; an evasion. [Colloq.] (e) To pay over; to give. [Obs.] (f) To take place; to happen; as, when does the race come off? (g) To be or become after some delay; as, the weather came off very fine. (h) To slip off or be taken off, as a garment; to separate. (i) To hurry away; to get through. --Chaucer. To come off by, to suffer. [Obs.] ``To come off by the worst.'' --Calamy. To come off from, to leave. ``To come off from these grave disquisitions.'' --Felton. To come on. (a) To advance; to make progress; to thrive. (b) To move forward; to approach; to supervene. To come out. (a) To pass out or depart, as from a country, room, company, etc. ``They shall come out with great substance.'' --Gen. xv. 14. (b) To become public; to appear; to be published. ``It is indeed come out at last.'' --Bp. Stillingfleet. (c) To end; to result; to turn out; as, how will this affair come out? he has come out well at last. (d) To be introduced into society; as, she came out two seasons ago. (e) To appear; to show itself; as, the sun came out. (f) To take sides; to take a stand; as, he came out against the tariff.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Come Come, v. t. To carry through; to succeed in; as, you can't come any tricks here. [Slang] To come it, to succeed in a trick of any sort. [Slang]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Come Come, n. Coming. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(comes, coming, came) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form 'come' is used in the present tense and is the past participle. 'Come' is used in a large number of expressions which are explained under other words in this dictionary. For example, the expression 'to come to terms with something' is explained at 'term'. 1. When a person or thing comes to a particular place, especially to a place where you are, they move there. Two police officers came into the hall... Come here, Tom... You'll have to come with us... We heard the train coming... Can I come too?... The impact blew out some of the windows and the sea came rushing in. VERB: V prep/adv, V prep/adv, V prep/adv, V, V, V -ing prep/adv 2. When someone comes to do something, they move to the place where someone else is in order to do it, and they do it. In British English, someone can also come and do something and in American English, someone can come do something. However, you always say that someone came and did something. Eleanor had come to visit her... Come and meet Roger... I want you to come visit me. VERB: V to-inf, V and v, V inf 3. When you come to a place, you reach it. He came to a door that led into a passageway. VERB: V to n 4. If something comes up to a particular point or down to it, it is tall enough, deep enough, or long enough to reach that point. The water came up to my chest... I wore a large shirt of Jamie's which came down over my hips. VERB: V up/down prep, V up/down prep 5. If something comes apart or comes to pieces, it breaks into pieces. If something comes off or comes away, it becomes detached from something else. The pistol came to pieces, easily and quickly... The door knobs came off in our hands. VERB: V adv/prep, V adv/prep 6. You use come in expressions such as come to an end or come into operation to indicate that someone or something enters or reaches a particular state or situation. The Communists came to power in 1944... I came into contact with very bright Harvard and Yale students... Their worst fears may be coming true. V-LINK: V to n, V into n, V adj 7. If someone comes to do something, they do it at the end of a long process or period of time. She said it so many times that she came to believe it... VERB: V to-inf 8. You can ask how something came to happen when you want to know what caused it to happen or made it possible. How did you come to meet him? VERB: V to-inf 9. When a particular event or time comes, it arrives or happens. The announcement came after a meeting at the Home Office... The time has come for us to move on... There will come a time when the crisis will occur. VERB: V prep/adv, V, there V n • coming Most of my patients welcome the coming of summer. N-SING: usu the N of n 10. You can use come before a date, time, or event to mean when that date, time, or event arrives. For example, you can say come the spring to mean 'when the spring arrives'. Come the election on the 20th of May, we will have to decide... PREP 11. If a thought, idea, or memory comes to you, you suddenly think of it or remember it. He was about to shut the door when an idea came to him... Then it came to me that perhaps he did understand. = occur VERB: V to n, it V to n that 12. If money or property is going to come to you, you are going to inherit or receive it. He did have pension money coming to him when the factory shut down. VERB: V to n 13. If a case comes before a court or tribunal or comes to court, it is presented there so that the court or tribunal can examine it. The membership application came before the Council of Ministers in September... President Cristiani expected the case to come to court within ninety days. VERB: V before n, V to n 14. If something comes to a particular number or amount, it adds up to it. Lunch came to $80. VERB: V to amount 15. If someone or something comes from a particular place or thing, that place or thing is their origin, source, or starting point. Nearly half the students come from abroad... Chocolate comes from the cacao tree... The term 'claret', used to describe Bordeaux wines, may come from the French word 'clairet'. VERB: V from n, V from n, V from n 16. Something that comes from something else or comes of it is the result of it. There is a feeling of power that comes from driving fast... He asked to be transferred there some years ago, but nothing came of it. VERB: V from n/-ing, V of n/-ing 17. If someone or something comes first, next, or last, they are first, next, or last in a series, list, or competition. The two countries have been unable to agree which step should come next... The horse had already won at Lincolnshire and come second at Lowesby. VERB: V ord, V ord 18. If a type of thing comes in a particular range of colours, forms, styles, or sizes, it can have any of those colours, forms, styles, or sizes. Bikes come in all shapes and sizes... The wallpaper comes in black and white only. VERB: V in n, V in n 19. You use come in expressions such as it came as a surprise when indicating a person's reaction to something that happens. Major's reply came as a complete surprise to the House of Commons... The arrest has come as a terrible shock. VERB: V as n to n, V as n 20. The next subject in a discussion that you come to is the one that you talk about next. Finally in the programme, we come to the news that the American composer and conductor, Leonard Bernstein, has died... That is another matter altogether. And we shall come to that next. VERB: V to n, V to n 21. To come means to have an orgasm. (INFORMAL) VERB: V 22. see also coming, comings and goings 23. If you say that someone is, for example, as good as they come, or as stupid as they come, you are emphasizing that they are extremely good or extremely stupid. The new finance minister was educated at Oxford and is as traditional as they come. PHRASE [emphasis] 24. You can use the expression when it comes down to it or when you come down to it for emphasis, when you are giving a general statement or conclusion. When you come down to it, however, the basic problems of life have not changed... PHRASE: PHR with cl [emphasis] 25. If you say that someone has it coming to them, you mean that they deserve everything bad that is going to happen to them, because they have done something wrong or are a bad person. If you say that someone got what was coming to them, you mean that they deserved the punishment or bad experience that they have had. (INFORMAL) He was pleased that Brady was dead because he probably had it coming to him. PHRASE: V inflects 26. You use the expression come to think of it to indicate that you have suddenly realized something, often something obvious. You know, when you come to think of it, this is very odd. PHRASE: PHR with cl 27. When you refer to a time or an event to come or one that is still to come, you are referring to a future time or event. I hope in years to come he will reflect on his decision... The worst of the storm is yet to come. PHRASE: usu n PHR, also v-link PHR 28. You can use the expression when it comes to or when it comes down to in order to introduce a new topic or a new aspect of a topic that you are talking about. Most of us know we should cut down on fat. But knowing such things isn't much help when it comes to shopping and eating... However, when it comes down to somebody that they know, they have a different feeling. PHRASE: PHR n/-ing 29. You can use expressions like I know where you're coming from or you can see where she's coming from to say that you understand someone's attitude or point of view. To understand why they are doing it, it is necessary to know where they are coming from... PHRASE: V inflects

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kum: The translation of many Hebrew and Greek words. In the phrase "The Spirit of Yahweh came mightily upon him" (Jud 14:6,19; 15:14; 1Sa 10:10; 11:6; 16:13), the word is tsaleah; Jud 14:6; 15:14 "came mightily," which is the uniform translation of the Revised Version (British and American) (compare Jud 13:25 "to move," i.e. to disturb or stir up). In Jud 6:34; 1Ch 12:18; 2Ch 24:20, it is labhesh, "to clothe"; the Revised Version, margin "The Spirit .... clothed itself with Gideon" and .... "with Zechariah," "The Spirit clothed Amasai."

Among its many changes, the Revised Version (British and American) has "come forth" for "come" (Mt 2:6); "gone up" for "come" (Mt 14:32, a different text); "come all the way" for "come" (Joh 4:15); "got out upon the" for "come to" (Joh 21:9); "draw near" for "come" (Heb 4:16); "come" for "come and see" (Re 6:1); "secure" for "come by" (Ac 27:16); "attain unto" for "come in" (Eph 4:13); and "I come" for "I come again" (Joh 14:28).

W. L. Walker

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. 1. Approach, advance, draw near, tend hitherward. 2. Arrive, get to, reach or attain any place or point. 3. [With from.] Proceed, issue, arise, result, follow, flow, ensue, originate, be derived, be due or owing, take rise. 4. Happen, occur, befall, betide, take place, come to pass, fall out, come about.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

To come; to lend. Has he come it; has he lent it? To come over any one; to cheat or over reach him. Coming wench; a forward wench, also a breeding woman.

Moby Thesaurus

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