Part 365

Com*bus"ti*ble*ness, n. Combustibility.

Com*bus"tion (?; 106), n. [L. combustio: cf. F. combustion.] 1. The state of burning.

2. (Chem.) The combination of a combustible with a supporter of combustion, producing heat, and sometimes both light and heat.

Combustion results in common cases from the mutual chemical action and reaction of the combustible and the oxygen of the atmosphere, whereby a new compound is formed. Ure.

Supporter of combustion (Chem.), a gas, as oxygen, the combination of which with a combustible, as coal, constitutes combustion.

3. Violent agitation; confusion; tumult. [Obs.]

There great combustions and divisions among the heads of the university. Mede.

But say from whence this new combustion springs. Dryden.

Com*bus"tious (?), a. Inflammable. [Obs.] Shak.

Come (?), v. i. [imp. Came (?); p. p. Come (?); p. pr & vb. n. Coming.] [OE. cumen, comen, AS. cuman; akin to OS. kuman, D. komen, OHG. queman, G. kommen, Icel. koma, Sw. komma, Dan. komme, Goth. giman, L. venire (gvenire), Gr. &?; to go, Skr. gam. √23. Cf. Base, n., Convene, Adventure.] 1. To move hitherward; to draw near; to approach the speaker, or some place or person indicated; -- opposed to go.

Look, who comes yonder? Shak.

I did not come to curse thee. Tennyson.

2. To complete a movement toward a place; to arrive.

When we came to Rome. Acts xxviii. 16.

Lately come from Italy. Acts xviii. 2.

3. To approach or arrive, as if by a journey or from a distance. "Thy kingdom come." Matt. vi. 10.

The hour is coming, and now is. John. v. 25.

So quick bright things come to confusion. Shak.

4. To approach or arrive, as the result of a cause, or of the act of another.

From whence come wars? James iv. 1.

Both riches and honor come of thee ! 1 Chron. xxix. 12.

5. To arrive in sight; to be manifest; to appear.

Then butter does refuse to come. Hudibras.

6. To get to be, as the result of change or progress; -- with a predicate; as, to come untied.

How come you thus estranged? Shak.

How come her eyes so bright? Shak.

&fist; Am come, is come, etc., are frequently used instead of have come, has come, etc., esp. in poetry. The verb to be gives a clearer adjectival significance to the participle as expressing a state or condition of the subject, while the auxiliary have expresses simply the completion of the action signified by the verb.

Think not that I am come to destroy. Matt. v. 17.