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. To come out with,
to give publicity to; to disclose. To come over. (a) To pass from one side or place to another. "Perpetually
teasing their friends to come over to them." Addison. (b) To rise and pass over, in distillation.
To come over to, to join. To come round. (a) To recur in regular course. (b) To recover.
[Colloq.] (c) To change, as the wind. (d) To relent. J. H. Newman. (e) To circumvent; to wheedle.
[Colloq.] To come short, to be deficient; to fail of attaining. "All have sinned and come short of
the glory of God." Rom. iii. 23. To come to. (a) To consent or yield. Swift. (b) (Naut.) (with
the accent on to) To luff; to bring the ship's head nearer the wind; to anchor. (c) (with the accent on
to) To recover, as from a swoon. (d) To arrive at; to reach. (e) To amount to; as, the taxes come to
a large sum. (f) To fall to; to be received by, as an inheritance. Shak. To come to blows. See
under Blow. To come to grief. See under Grief. |