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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: across adj : placed crosswise; "spoken with a straight face but crossed fingers"; "crossed forks"; "seated with arms across" [syn: {crossed}] [ant: {uncrossed}] adv 1: to the opposite side "the football field was 300 feet across" 2: in such a manner as to be understood and accepted; "she cannot get her ideas across" [syn: {over}] 3: transversely; "the marble slabs were cut across" [syn: {crosswise}, {crossways}]
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