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coming home by weeping cross

coming home by weeping cross is the present participle and gerund 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 coming home by weeping cross

What is coming home by weeping cross the present participle and gerund of?
Coming home by weeping cross is the present participle and gerund of come home by weeping cross.

Words near coming home by weeping cross in the dictionary

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

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