oncome noun 7verb 1forms 3 noun7 •Advent, arrival, approach; onset.I see the dawn or rather I feel the oncome of it. — 1978 •The commencement or initial stages of a business, especially of one which requires great exertion. •The setting about of an action; development; progress. •An attack; an attack or onset of a disease, fit, or episode.On inquiry it was found that this neurosis corresponded in time with the oncome of the catamenia. — 1881 •(dialect) A mysterious disease or ailment. •(dialect) A heavy fall of rain or snow; cloudburst. •The lower edge of a fire-clay lining piece. verb1 •(rare) To arrive; come to; come on.A trip from you. Taken. . . . Then time oncame [...] — 1999 formsoncame · oncoming · oncomes
