Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COM'ING
COM'ING, ppr. [See Come.]
- Drawing nearer or nigh; approaching; moving toward; advancing.
- adj. Future; yet to come; as, in coming ages.
- Forward; ready to come. How coming to the poet every muse. – Pope. [The latter sense is now unusual.]
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