Antonyms for came again


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuhm
Phonetic Transcription : kÊŒm


Definition of came again

Origin :
  • Old English cuman "come, approach, land; come to oneself, recover; arrive; assemble" (class IV strong verb; past tense cuom, com, past participle cumen), from Proto-Germanic *kwem- (cf. Old Saxon cuman, Old Frisian kuma, Middle Dutch comen, Dutch komen, Old High German queman, German kommen, Old Norse koma, Gothic qiman), from PIE root *gwa-, *gwem- "to go, come" (cf. Sanskrit gamati "he goes," Avestan jamaiti "goes," Tocharian kakmu "come," Lithuanian gemu "to be born," Greek bainein "to go, walk, step," Latin venire "to come").
  • The substitution of Middle English -o- for Old English -u- before -m-, -n-, or -r- was a scribal habit before minims to avoid misreading the letters in the old style handwriting, which jammed letters. The practice similarly transformed some, monk, tongue, worm. Modern past tense form came is Middle English, probably from Old Norse kvam, replacing Old English cuom.
  • Remarkably productive with prepositions (NTC's "Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs" lists 198 combinations); consider the varied senses in come to "regain consciousness," come over "possess" (as an emotion), come at "attack," come on (interj.) "be serious," and come off "occur." For sexual senses, see cum.
  • As in recur : verb happen again; repeat in one's mind
  • As in reiterate : verb say or do again
  • As in repeat : verb duplicate, do again
  • As in return : verb go back, turn back
  • As in recrudesce : verb return
  • As in reoccur : verb recur
  • As in restate : verb repeat
  • As in come back : verb return
Example sentences :
  • At last it came again, louder than before, but equally confused.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • It passed off instantly, as if swept away by the ready smile which came again.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • Next morning he came again, anxious and cast down in countenance.
  • Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael
  • But it came again, it forced itself upon her, it mastered her, she could not resist it.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • Mother hurried on, and just as she got to the edge of the woods, out he came again.
  • Extract from : « Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad » by Various
  • As I ran over to the table and looked at what was under her hand, it came again.
  • Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan
  • I liked him, and, no doubt seeing it, he came and came again every evening.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • Their one excuse is that they came again and did their best to finish the job in style.
  • Extract from : « Soldiers Three, Part II. » by Rudyard Kipling
  • "Quick, open—it is on account of Louison," came again from the outside.
  • Extract from : « The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II (of 2) » by Alexandre Dumas pre
  • So Sir Bedivere came again to the King, and told him what he saw.
  • Extract from : « Stories of King Arthur and His Knights » by U. Waldo Cutler

Synonyms for came again

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