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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.
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{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.
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Across \A*cross"\, adv.
1. From side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across.
--Shak.
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2. Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry. [Obs.]
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The squint-eyed Pharisees look across at all the
actions of Christ. --Bp. Hall.
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