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.