BECOME
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Be*come" (&unr_;), v. i. [imp. Became (&unr_;); p. p. Become; p. pr. & vb. n. Becoming.] [OE. bicumen, becumen, AS. becuman to come to, to happen; akin to D. bekomen, OHG.a piquëman, Goth. biquiman to come upon, G. bekommen to get, suit. See Be-, and Come.] 1. To pass from one state to another; to enter into some state or condition, by a change from another state, or by assuming or receiving new properties or qualities, additional matter, or a new character.
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The Lord God . . . breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Gen. ii. 7.
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That error now which is become my crime.
Milton.
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2. To come; to get. [Obs.]
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But, madam, where is Warwick then become!
Shak.
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To become of, to be the present state or place of; to be the fate of; to be the end of; to be the final or subsequent condition of.
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What is then become of so huge a multitude?
Sir W. Raleigh.
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Be*come", 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.
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It becomes me so to speak of so excellent a poet.
Dryden.
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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.
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