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came home by weeping cross

came home by weeping cross is the simple past of come home by weeping cross.

Meaning of come home by weeping cross

Verb

come home by weeping cross (third-person singular simple present comes home by weeping cross, present participle coming home by weeping cross, simple past came home by weeping cross, past participle come home by weeping cross)

  1. (dated, idiomatic) To return in disappointment, or in a spirit of contrition.
    • Those that will try experiments, smart for it in the issue. Solomon came home by weeping-cross: Eccles. i. 14, 'I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.'c. 1677, Thomas Manton, Several Sermons Upon the CXIX Psalm, Sermon I

Questions about came home by weeping cross

What is came home by weeping cross the simple past of?
Came home by weeping cross is the simple past of come home by weeping cross.

Words near came home by weeping cross in the dictionary

  1. came from below
  2. came full circle
  3. came good
  4. came high
  5. came home
  6. came home by weeping cross
  7. came home to roost
  8. came in
  9. came in for
  10. came in from the cold
  11. came in handy

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