comes

The answer to the theme, or dux, in a fugue.

Noun

  1. The answer to the theme, or dux, in a fugue.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin comes (“a companion”). Doublet of comte, conte, and count.

Verb

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of come
    • The term utopia comes from a Greek pun. - 1998, L. Kip Wheeler, Utopian Literature:
    • See, how this river comes me cranking in... - 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, act III, scene I:

Origin

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.