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tocome

tocome

See also: to-come and to come

Scots

Alternative forms

Verb

tocome ‎(third-person singular present tocomes, present participle tocomin, past tocam, past participle tocomen or tocomet)

  1. (intransitive) To arrive.
  2. (of a letter, package, etc.) To arrive at, reach a destination; come to a person's attention.
  3. (of an event) To happen; to be about to happen.
  4. (transitive) To encounter
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle English to-come, from Old English tōcyme ‎(“coming, advent, arrival”).

Noun

tocome ‎(plural tocomes)

  1. A future period of time.
    in tocum
  2. An approach; onset.
  3. An entrance.

Etymology

From Middle English tocomen ‎(“to come, arrive, happen”), from Old English tōcuman ‎(“to come, arrive”), from Proto-Germanic *tō ‎(“to”), *kwemaną ‎(“to come”), equivalent to to- +‎ come. Cognate with Dutch toekomen ‎(“to forward, deserve, merit, suffice”), German zukommen ‎(“to come on, benefit, become”).

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