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De - Pt| English Dictionary: 'across | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for 'across | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Across \A*cross"\, adv. 1. From side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across. --Shak. 2. Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry. [Obs.] The squint-eyed Pharisees look across at all the actions of Christ. --Bp. Hall. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Across \A*cross"\ (#; 115), prep. [Pref. a- + cross: cf. F. en croix. See Cross, n.] From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river. --Dryden. {To come across}, to come upon or meet incidentally. --Freeman. {To go across the country}, to go by a direct course across a region without following the roads. | |
