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come to oneself

come to oneself verb: to gain consciousness or self-control.

Verb

come to oneself (third-person singular simple present comes to oneself, present participle coming to oneself, simple past came to oneself, past participle come to oneself)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To gain consciousness or self-control.
    • When I came to myself I was lying, not in the outer blackness of the Mohune vault, not on a floor of sand; but in a bed of sweet clean linen, and in a little whitewashed room, through the window of which the spring sunlight streamed.[1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC
    • The patient invariably falls down in a swoon and is carried like dead to his hammock, where he is tightly lashed with cords. As they come to themselves, they writhe in agony, so that their hammocks rock violently to and fro.1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 10, page 63

Forms of come to oneself

third-person singular presentcomes to oneself
present participlecoming to oneself
pastcame to oneself
past participlecome to oneself

Words formed from come to oneself

Questions about come to oneself

What does come to oneself mean?
Come to oneself means to gain consciousness or self-control.
What part of speech is come to oneself?
Come to oneself is a verb.
What is the past tense of come to oneself?
The past tense of come to oneself is came to oneself.

Words near come to oneself in the dictionary

  1. come to naught
  2. come to nothing
  3. come to nought
  4. come to one's hand
  5. come to one's senses
  6. come to oneself
  7. come to order
  8. come to papa
  9. come to pass
  10. come to power
  11. come to rest

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