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comes home by weeping cross

comes home by weeping cross is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 comes home by weeping cross

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Comes home by weeping cross is the third-person singular simple present indicative of come home by weeping cross.

Words near comes home by weeping cross in the dictionary

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

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