comest

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A form of come — To move nearer to the point of perspective.

OriginEnglish come ← Middle English comen ← Old English cuman →
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Meanings

verb

alternative com'st

  1. archaicindicativepresentsecond personsingularsecond-person singular simple present indicative of come

    When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn.

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 23:25

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷémt
  3. Proto-Germanic*kwemaną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*kweman
  5. Old Englishcuman
  6. Middle Englishcomen
  7. Englishcome
  8. Englishcomest

From come + -est.

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APA

comest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comest

MLA

“comest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comest. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “comest,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comest.

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