comes

[ koh-meez ]

/ ˈkoʊ miz /

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noun, plural com·i·tes

[kom-i-teez]. /ˈkɒm ɪˌtiz/.

Anatomy. a blood vessel accompanying another vessel or a nerve.

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Origin of comes

1675–85; <Latin: traveling companion, probably <*com-it-s, equivalent to com-com- + -it- noun derivative of īre to go + -s nominative singular ending

We won't find out this season, though it comes up occasionally.
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When it comes to Terrence Howard though, I am not your target.
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It is most peculiar, and when he plays that way, the most bewitching little expression comes over his face.
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Sometimes it comes in literal sobriety, sometimes in derisive travesti, sometimes in tragic aggravation.
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But it seems to me that with adolescence comes the right to knowledge and the right of judgment.
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It seems to be a true instinct which comes before education and makes education possible.
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I would not trust their removal to any other hand, and so, the panel comes out without a shake.
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