comburgess 
liament who was a resident of tho boro^h ho jlmilarra,. ^SfSBSfSS&^ 
represented. ,,ii.. t i,.. , ,,al. M->- itn,nr. 
COmbuStUOUSt (kf>m-bus'<-hus. 
rctf. < combust, a., -f-ious, -u-out.] 
infiammable. 
,...*...,. "AmUtwas'for the most i>.ut slrictly nl-.Tved; i .,. rv ii,. t,> all dii-.intnU, 
tlieiiieinbi-iswerogcnerally"' n cltizenl oreom-oufyufM. As dry <-,,,,,/,i/(iV,i/ matter \* t" fire. 
Hiiililis, Const. Hist., i 4i'i. Venus and Adonis, 1. 1162. 
combustt(kom-bust'),a. [< ME. combust = Sp. co mbustive (kom-bus'tiv), . [< combust, a.. 
ougha 
It. eombusto, < L. combmtim, pp. of ciimbiin n . 
burn up, consume, < com- (intensive) + "burcrr, 
pi-rliaps akin to Skt. ^pnuk, bum; otherwise Thc all . onol ha , be come .cetlc acid by the combuttirr 
explained as < comb- for com- + urere, burn, = c t| n of the mycoderm. 
como 
We tame In an hour and a half to an old way cat with 
great labour over a Kooky Precipice, and In one hour more 
we arrived at Beer. 
Jlaundrrll, Aleppo t" Jerusalem, p. 64. 
In the Evening Captain Mini-bin and Mr. Richards and 
his Wife fame alioard, having Ktaid one night at the F.irl . 
and told me all that had h;i|.|n-ne,l to them .1- 
Mi, ,</<.. r, \ oyages, II. I. 177. 
I pcreeive. In Die book In my hand, that I am con 
ilemm -d to die, and after that to come In judgment 
M, Pilgrim's Progress, p. 84. 
+ -7ir.]~"l. ^Pertaining to or of' the nature of [In this use the sign of the Infinitive ls occasionally omlt- 
combustion. 
Gr. ale iv, kindle, = Skt. / uk, burn : see aurora, 
adust*, easfl.] 1. Burnt. 
t materes ami ci.ni;"'"''-. 
ted. 
The Hyrcanlan deserts ... are aa thr.ughfaren now 
Kor prfnc.. to come *. filr PorUs^ ^ ^ y 
. ^ . 
Cliaucer, Prol. to Canon's Yeoman's 1 . CO mbU8tuOUSt, " 8e tombtistiou*. 
. 2. In natron., so near tho sun as to be come (kuin), '' ; pret. came, pp. come, ppr. rnm- 
obscured by it, or not more than 8J from it. ,, i(7 . [Karly mod. E. also cum (ppr. also ,/_- 
And if I hadde, O Venus fill of myrthe, 
Aspcctcs badde of Mars or of Satiirnc, 
Or tliou combust or let were in mj liyrthe. 
Lady Claud Hamilton, tr. of Life of Pisteur, p. 79. 
2t. Disposed to take fir,; combustible. B,, ^S^S^SZ] blgtn^Sor^ 
present ; show or put forth : as, the light come* 
and gi"'>. 
Si mier Is cmiirn and winter gon. 
Old Eng. MuceUany, p. 197. 
tiiiinli'ii. 
'"V L --^ - - \fl* 
""'"" ' '"*. l )ret - o(ten c ""J.' ^-J S,M.,iflcally-4. t To sp^or ^spring up; acro- 
Chaucer, Troilus, 111. 717. 
Who can discern those planets that are oft Combust > 
Milton, Areopagitica, p. 43. 
comen 
(>mod. 
MM), < AS. ciimiin (ONorth. cuma, cyma, come, 
cwomc), contr. of 'ciciman (pret. com, cwom, 
pi. comon, cwomon, for *cu-am, pi. "ctcamon, 
Combust 93S^a^LJSSSfiSS PP- ")" ' -= ^ ^ v,h,ch maltsters cal, coming When it b^nneth there 
fttt^MMtVlUJfaM. Cf. combust, a.] Toinflame n^ mo( j ' Fries kommen = M D. D. komen = ,,;, 'X"t in this miner, they saie it I, mm,, and th 
[In 
__. Compare 
come 1 , n., 2, 3, and cowing, n., 3.] 
(The barley! vpon the cleane floore on i round heape, 
restcth so vntill it lie readlc to shoote at the root* end, 
which maltsters call emning. When It t>eglnneth there 
with excitement and agitation. ^ Q ^ komen = O11G. qucman, chicemtm, 
*m,,yM.^ijJj*^lttigjii*i | ~Wj i(1Mg) coman, choman, cuman, kuman, MHG. chomcii, 
Q n 
Same 
en, <i. 1,-iiiiniirii = Ii'i-l. l:i>mn = 8w. 
= Dan. komme = Goth, kuriman (pret. 
kiram, pi. kit-cumin, etc., pp. kwumanx), come, = 
(for *gvcm-ire) (> F. Pr. Sp. renir = 
" - =Os- 
combustibility (kom-bus-ti-bil'i-ti), n. 
as comlinaliblciiess. 
combustible (kom-bus'ti-bl), a. and n. [< F. 
rnmbuntiblK = Sp. combustible = Pg. combustivel 
= It. eombustibile, < L. combustus, pp. of combu- 
rere, burn up : see combugt, a.] 1 a. 1 . Capable Qp ^ ' -/ gam 'j a m = Zend 
of taking fire and burning: capable of undergo- 
ing combustion : as, wood and coal are combus- 
*.-!./ ii..,. Q P.aailv AYpit.pH fifirv: ir^sr.i- 
tible. Hence 2. Easily excited ; fiery; irasci- 
ble ; inflammable : said of persons. 
Arnold was a combustible character. 
Irving, Life of Washington. 
forthwith they spread it abroad, first thicke and then 
thinner and thinner vpon the said floore, as It commrth. 
W. Harrismt, Descrlp. of England. 
It Is reported that If you lay a good stock of kernels of 
grapes about the root of i vine it will make the vine comr 
earlier and prosper better. Bacon, Nat. Hist. 
8. To result, (a) To appear as the result or conse- 
quence of some act, practice, or operation : used either 
alwolutely or with by or o/: u, the butter comet In the 
churn ; that comet qf your carelessness. 
Usefulness comes by labour, wit by ease. Q. Herbert. 
This comet (/judging by the eye. Sir R. L'Kttrange. 
Why sure she won't pretend to remember whit she's 
ordered not ! ay, this comet o/ her reading ! 
Sheridan, The Rivals, L . 
^iK^TaSm the Gr, ^fi*j* ^S^S^^^^SSS.^^SffSA^ 
ts, catabasts, acrobat, etc.] I. tntrans. 1. dev( j tlo | lal cxe rclse. 
!, quoted In W. E. Hearn's Aryan Household, p. 318. 
= 8kt. / gam, 
;o.~ A very prol' fio root > fr ^m the E. word are 
derived comely, become, becoming, etc., income, 
oncome, outcome, etc. ; from the L., advene, con- 
rene, prevene, supervene, convenient, advent, con- 
vent, event, invent, prevent, adventure, conventicle, 
n. n. A substance that will take flre and ^ ^ ^ 
burn : as, wood and coal are combustibles ; the p'ri m 'a"riTy^ to move with the purpose of reach- ^ t ^ 
building was full of combustibles. See combus- ; or go ftg to reac l,, a more or less definite (6) To ^ ^^i or equivalent In result or effect when 
li'siii ....II. . wiAiof .if ii liii'li i In- ^1 ii'!t U' (*! lfl_ ..!-..>, t , .....tli..r iir (n tulii With tit ' KM. thfi tHXCR COtllf f" 
point, 
a point at which the speaker is, taken together or In sum : with to : as, the taxes come to 
rr .. ' .. _. r _. . .f, m . ih.. tnt*\ rmarM tn *K1 c : it coma to the 
tlOtl* 1>OII11 USU.H11V i* UUiUU 4U "fiiiViA v** UJJXJN/ .j tnni^n M^VWIIV* m *<.... ... - , - 
combustibleness (kom-bus'ti-bl-nes), n. The was or ls ^^^ the time spoken of, or at a large sum; the total co,net to $8i,ooo ; it comet to the 
property of being combustible; capability of hi fl h j present in thought or imagination ; %,!*. b efaU- occur- take place 
burning or of being burned. Also combustibility. fo moye to> oward< or wit h the speaker, or to- 6 - T 
combustion (kom-bus'chon), n. [< 1 . combus- ward tlie p i ace present to his thought; advance 
tion = Sp. combuxtion = Pg. combustHo = It. com- , learer i n any ,, ; : , n ,,,.,-. and from any distance ; 
bustioite, < LL. combustio(n-), < L. combustus,jm- draw nigh ; approach : as, he comes this way ; 
of comburere, burn up: see COWOMS<, a.] 1. The h e i a com i>,g ; come over and help us. 
action of fire on inflammable materials ; the act 
or process of burning. Chemically considered, combus- 
tion is a process of rapicf oxidation caused by the chemical 
union of the oxygen of the air, which is the supporter of com- 
bustion, with any material which is capable of oxidation 
that is combustible. H results in the formation of oxygen 
compounds, some or all of which may be gaseous and there- 
fore Invisible, and in the liberation of energy, which is made 
evident by a rise of temperature and often by name or in 
Cm to me, ml leofmon. 
jLneren Riwle, p. 98. 
Another with his flnger and his thumb. 
Cried, "Via! we wUldo't, come what will come." 
Shale., L. L. L., v. 2. 
All things come alike to all. EccL u. . 
So comet it, lady, you have been mistook. 
Snax., T. Ji., v. 1. 
And than he sente for the kynge, and he come and 7. To become ; happen to be ; chance to be 
And than he sente or e ynge, an e o, 
brought Merlyn ; and so the! come riilynge to the abbey, 
and herde messe. Merlin (E. E. T. .), I. 52. 
A Myle from Klom Jordan, U the Ryvere of Jabothe, 
the whiche Jacob passed over, whan he cam fro Meso- 
potayme. ilandeville, Travels, p. 103. 
Comci me to the Court one Polemon, an honest plalne 
certain cases. The term combustion has also been applied 
to slow processes of oxidation not attended by high tem- 
perature or evolution of light, such as the combustion in 
the body which keeps up the animal heat, and the slow 
decomposition of animal and vegetable matter in the air. 
See eremacausis. 
The compression of air renders the combustion of gase- 
ous matter less perfect, and, . . . within certain limits at 
least, the more rarefied the atmosphere in which tlame 
burns, the more complete its combustion. 
E. Frankland, Exper. in Chem., p. 901. 
Any chemical action whatsoever, if Its energy rise suffi- 
ciently high, may produce the phenomenon of combustion, 
by heating the body to such an extent that it becomes 
luminous. Foumes. 
So came I a widow. Shot., 2 Hen. IV., 1L 8. 
How came my man in the stocks? Shot., Lear, it 4. 
How came you and Mr. Surface so confidential? 
Sheridan, School for Scandal, i. 1. 
8+. To be becoming. 
"Ne wep nost," he sede, "leue sone, vor yt ne comth 
nojt to the." /to*, of Gloucester, p. 420. 
9. In the imperative, interjectionally (often 
strengthened by. repetition or by the addition 
of other emphatic words) : (a) Move along, or 
take a hand (with me, or the person speaking) ; 
The Lord God will come with a strong hand. Isa, xl. 10. unite in going or acting : as, come, come, let us 
Andfome he slow, or come he fast, 
It is but death who comes at last. 
Scott, Harmion, it 30. 
Our royal word upon it, 
He comes back safe. Tmnyson, Princess, v. 
(Formerly come might be followed by an infinitive ex- 
pressing the motion in a more particular manner. 
There com go a lite child. 
hij'e of St. Cuthbert, quoted in Warton's Hist. Eng. Poetry, 
be going ! 
This is the heir ; come, let us kill him. Mat Hi 38. 
Come i. said he to me, let us go a little way up the Fore- 
shrouds ; It may be that may make the Ship wear ; for I 
hare been doing it before now. 
Dampicr, Voyages, II. 111. 64. 
(6) Attend ; give heed ; take notice ; come to 
the point: used to urge attention to what is to 
be said, or to the subject in hand. 
uproar. 
These cruel wars 
rlble combustion. 
brought all England into an hor- 
Come irive me your promise to love, and to marry her 
2. To arrive by movement, or m course of pro- dlrectlT . shtridan. The Rivals, ii. i. 
gression, either in space or in time : used (o) ab- 
solutely, or (6) with to, on, into, etc., before the 
point or state reached (equivalent to reach, ar- 
rive at), or (<) followed by an infinitive denot- 
ing the purpose or object of the movement or 
me com..... Raleiyh. arrival : as, he came to the city yesterday ; two 
I found Mrs. Vanhomrigh all in combuttion, squabbling miles further on you will come to a .deep i river 
with her rogue of a landlord. 
Steift, Journal to Stella, Letter 28. 
3. In astral., the state of being combust. 
ComtMtton.-The being within 8' SO of the , which 
is said to burn up those planets near him, so that they 
lose their power. It is always an evil testimony. 
W. Lilly, Introd. to Astrology, App., p. S39. 
Spontaneous combustion, the ignition of a body by 
the internal development of heat without the action ot an 
.AtiTiial agent. It not infrequently takes place in heaps 
of rags wool or cotton soaki'il with oil, nnd in masses of 
iv, t coal In the flrst case it is caused liy the rapid spon- 
taneous oxidation of oil, which raises the temperature suf- 
ficiently to make it burst into fiame ; in the second case a 
he has 
h 
to want; the undertaking 
to 
Come, come, open the matter in brief. 
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord. 
Isa. 1. 18. 
"Come, I say," he remonstrated, "you are taking the 
thing too much to heart." " Black. 
10. To overflow. [Prov. Eng.] - [in the collo- 
come Friday, cmne Candlemas, for next I 
to consider (or to the consideration of ) the last 
point. 
That he was rumen that broht us lint. 
Metrical Homilies, p. 98. 
All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my 
change come. Job xiv. 14. 
Ye shall not see me, until the time com* when ye shall 
say Blessed is he that cometh In the name of the Lord. 
Luke xiil. 35. 
I am L'lail you are come so safe from Swisaerland f Paris. 
Howell, Letters, 1. vl. 16. 
day comes. Certain of the compound tenses of this verb 
were once regularly and are still frequently formed with 
the verb be Instead of have. See bel,b(c). Comr, with an 
adverb or a preposition, enters into a great number of 
expressions, some highly idiomatic and requiring separate 
definition, and others which retain more obviously the 
meaningof their elements. The principal idiomatic phrases 
are here given. ) Come on I (o) Come along ; Join me In 
going. 
"Childe, fin* on with me, 
God hase herde thl prayer." 
Political Poem,, etc. (ed. Kurnlvill). p. 99. 
