Definitions
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- preposition
Eye dialect spelling ofacross .
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Examples
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She left you her little Bible -- writ yer name acrost the page --
Riley Love-Lyrics James Whitcomb Riley 1882
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She left you her little Bible -- writ yer name acrost the page --
Riley Love-Lyrics James Whitcomb Riley 1882
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An 'the colonel broke' is sword acrost, an 'cried.
The Seven Seas Rudyard Kipling 1900
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An 'the colonel broke' is sword acrost, an 'cried.
Verses 1889-1896 Rudyard Kipling 1900
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An 'the colonel broke' is sword acrost, an 'cried.
Barrack Room Ballads Rudyard Kipling 1900
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An’ the colonel broke ‘is sword acrost, an’ cried.
Dear Fred Thompson: Let’s Not Do This Again - Dan_McLaughlin’s blog - RedState 2009
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"We want to find out about that ranch acrost the creek -- who owns it, if they'll sell, where we'll find 'em, an 'such things."
CHAPTER XVIII 2010
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Brother I feel so proud that I have come acrost this gentlemen and hope please God to help you if I shuld receive any money from
Letter 13 2009
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At last, in desperation, he blurted out, "For two cents, Frona, I'd lay ye acrost me knee."
CHAPTER 16 2010
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Tried to sneak in on the quiet, but the fellows knew when he left New York, an 'kept track of him all the way acrost.
CHAPTER X 2010
chained_bear commented on the word acrost
Unless someone died in the midst of spelling acrostic, or has some kind of speech defect that prohibits the proper pronunciation of across, this isn't a word.
If someone should happen to find some incredibly archaic definition for it, well, great. Until then... ARGH!
February 23, 2007
danpage0 commented on the word acrost
Used by Alfred Lord Tennyson in Crossing the Bar, Leonardo di Vinci used it also. It has been around for quite a while.
November 29, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word acrost
Thanks danpage0! Glad to know it's actually a word after all.
November 29, 2007
thtownse commented on the word acrost
These citations may well be authentic, but this word in common usage is still bad English. I second the ARGH.
June 30, 2008