come
Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
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.
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]
Come \Come\, n.
Coming. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Source : WordNet®
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 up}]
[ant: {go}]
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}] [ant: {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 a state, relation, or condition; "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"
5: to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine";
"Understanding comes from experience" [syn: {follow}]
6: enter or assume a condition, relation, use, or position; "He
came into contact with a terrorist group"; "The shoes came
untied"; "I came to see his point of view"; "her face went
red with anger"; "The knot came loose"; "Your wish will
come true"
7: be found or available; "These shoes come in three colors;
The furniture comes unassembled"
8: come forth; "A scream came from the woman's mouth"; "His
breath came hard" [syn: {issue forth}]
9: be a native of; "She hails from Kalamazoo" [syn: {hail}]
10: extend or reach; "The water came up to my waist"; "The
sleeves come to your knuckles"
11: exist or occur in a certain point in a series; "Next came
the student from France"
12: 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}, {descend}]
13: cover a certain distance; "She came a long way"
14: come under, be classified or included; "fall into a
category"; "This comes under a new heading" [syn: {fall}]
15: happen as a result; "Nothing good will come of this"
16: add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to
$2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000" [syn: {total}, {number},
{add up}, {amount}]
17: develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything";
"nothing came of his grandiose plans" [syn: {add up}, {amount}]
18: be received; "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda" [syn:
{come in}]
19: 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}]
20: 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}, {get along}]
21: experience orgasm; "she could not come because she was too
upset"
22: have a certain priority; "My family comes first"
[also: {came}]
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