Come
Come , intransitive verb
[Old English cumen, comen, Anglo-Saxon cuman; akin to Old Saxonkuman, Dutch komen, Old High German queman, German kommen, Icelandic koma, Swedish komma, Danish komme, Gothic giman, Latin venire (gvenire), Greek {not transcribed} to go, Sanskrit gam. r23. Compare 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?
I did not come to curse thee.
2.
To complete a movement toward a place; to arrive.
When we came to Rome.
Lately come from Italy.
3.
To approach or arrive, as if by a journey or from a distance.
Thy kingdom come.
The hour is coming, and now is.
So quick bright things come to confusion.
4.
To approach or arrive, as the result of a cause, or of the act of another.
From whence come wars?
Both riches and honor come of thee!
5.
To arrive in sight; to be manifest; to appear.
Then butter does refuse to come.
6.
To get to be, as the result of change or progress; -- with a predicate; as, to come untied.
How come you thus estranged?
How come her eyes so bright?
Think not that I am come to destroy.
We are come off like Romans.
The melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year.
They were cried
In meeting, come next Sunday.
On better thoughts, and my urged reasons,
They are come about, and won to the true side.
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.
Come , transitive verb
To carry through; to succeed in; as, you can't come any tricks here. [Slang]
Collocations (1)
To come it , to succeed in a trick of any sort. [Slang]
Come , noun
Coming. [Obsolete] — Chaucer