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| become | (v) enter or assume a certain state or condition, See also: get on, get over, get ahead, get along, Syn. go, get, Example: He became annoyed when he heard the bad news; It must be getting more serious; her face went red with anger; She went into ecstasy; Get going! |
| become | (v) undergo a change or development, Syn. turn, Example: The water turned into ice; Her former friend became her worst enemy; He turned traitor |
| become | (v) come into existence, Example: What becomes has duration |
| become | (v) enhance the appearance of, Syn. suit, Example: Mourning becomes Electra; This behavior doesn't suit you! |
| becomingly | (adv) in a becoming manner, Example: she was becomingly dressed |
| becomingness | (n) the quality of being becoming, Ant. unbecomingness |
| Become | v. i. The Lord God . . . breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Gen. ii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ] That error now which is become my crime. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] But, madam, where is Warwick then become! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
What is then become of so huge a multitude? Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Become | v. t. To suit or be suitable to; to be congruous with; to befit; to accord with, in character or circumstances; to be worthy of, or proper for; to cause to appear well; -- said of persons and things. [ 1913 Webster ] It becomes me so to speak of so excellent a poet. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] I have known persons so anxious to have their dress become them, as to convert it, at length, into their proper self, and thus actually to become the dress. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Becomed | a. Proper; decorous. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] And gave him what becomed love I might. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Becoming | n. That which is becoming or appropriate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Becoming | a. Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting. [ 1913 Webster ] A low and becoming tone. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ] Formerly sometimes followed by of. [ 1913 Webster ] Such discourses as are becoming of them. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Becomingly | adv. In a becoming manner. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Becomingness | n. The quality of being becoming, appropriate, or fit; congruity; fitness. [ 1913 Webster ] The becomingness of human nature. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ] |