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  • verb intransitive, idiomatic To recover consciousness after fainting etc.
  • verb intransitive, idiomatic, nautical To stop a sailing vessel, especially by turning into the wind. See also come about.
  • verb transitive To total; to amount to.
  • verb transitive To reach; to arrive at.
  • verb transitive To devote attention to in due course; to come around to.
  • verb transitive To befall; to affect; to happen to; to come upon.
  • verb transitive, usually in present tense To regard or specify, as narrowing a field of choices by category.

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  • verb return to consciousness
  • verb be relevant to
  • verb attain
  • verb cause to experience suddenly

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