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downcome en · NOUN

Etymology

From down- + come.

Meanings

  1. A tumbling or falling down; a sudden or heavy fall; an overthrow; ruin; destruction.
    • And doutles, when ever the Pope shall fall, if his ruine bee not like the sudden down-come of a Towre, the Bishops, when they see him tottering, will leave him, and fall to scrambling […] 1641 May, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Causes that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC; republished in Will Taliaferro Hale, editor, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England (Yale Studies in English; LIV), New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1916, →OCLC, pages 9-10:
  2. In ironmaking, a pipe that leads combustible gases downward from the top of the blast furnace to the hot-blast stoves, boilers, etc., where they are burned.
  3. A downpour of rain.

Forms

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downcomes Number=Plur lexicographic

downcome en · VERB

Etymology

From down- + come.

Meanings

  1. To come down; fall down; come or fall apart.
    • Everthing downcame today Anne the world's spinning out and I spec we finally all going to be riding raw. 1995, Jack Womack, Random Acts of Senseless Violence - Page 242:
    • If she exes I don't know what would downcome. 2013, Jack Womack, Random Acts of Senseless Violence, →ISBN:
    • Mirage-bound and moving blind, he downcomes, Up-growing from his sapling game In the laughing park, Bearing the stolen spark 1958, Botteghe Oscure - Issue 21, page 174:

Forms

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downcame Tense=Past lexicographic
downcomes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
downcome Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
downcoming Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic