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  • past tense form of come.
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came

1 American  
[kaym] / keɪm /

verb

  1. simple past tense of come.


came 2 American  
[kaym] / keɪm /

noun

  1. a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.


came 1 British  
/ keɪm /

verb

  1. the past tense of come

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

came 2 British  
/ keɪm /

noun

  1. a grooved strip of lead used to join pieces of glass in a stained-glass window or a leaded light

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of came

First recorded in 1680–90; special use of came “ridge”; see comb, kame 1


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