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Definition of Come over
1. Verb. Communicate the intended meaning or impression. "He came across very clearly"
Definition of Come over
1. Verb. (transitive) To affect ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To change ones position or location, especially to someone's place of residence. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Come Over
Literary usage of Come over
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Thucydides Translated Into English by Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides (1881)
"At length they approached Stratus, which is the largest city in Acarnania, thinking
that, if they could take it, the other places would soon come over to ..."
2. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1882)
"come over to England next September; and if your sister will invite me, I will
come and see you sometime before I re-cross the Atlantic. ..."
3. Publications by Scotland Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Scotland) (1854)
"period come over, I shall be most happy to see you, and I need not say, I hope,
that the longer you can contrive to remain, the more shall I be satisfied ..."
4. The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the by William Russell (1802)
"... to come over in person, or to send the electoral prince to England. Both these
proposals the elector very prudently rejected. But in order to gratify, ..."
5. English Reader by Lindley Murray (1840)
"voice of reason is more to be regarded, than the bent of nnj present inclination ;
since by the rule above mentioned, inclination will at length come over ..."
6. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1892)
"Marthy was in the store and see them, and she would have it you must come over
and stay to our house to-night." " Why, I ain't afraid of movers, ..."
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