Deeper Dive: across
across
preposition [Pref. a- + cross: cf. F. en croix. See Cross, noun]
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.
A-cross′ adverb
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.
-- Webster's unabridged 1913
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