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English Dictionary: becoming	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
becoming adj according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior" Synonym(s): becoming, comely, comme il faut, decent, decorous, seemly displaying or setting off to best advantage; "a becoming new shade of rose"; "a becoming portrait"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Become \Be*come"\, v. i. [imp. {Became}; p. p. {Become}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Becoming}.] [OE. bicumen, becumen, AS. becuman to come to, to happen; akin to D. bekomen, OHG.a piqu[89]man, 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. The Lord God . . . breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. --Gen. ii. 7. That error now which is become my crime. --Milton. 2. To come; to get. [Obs.] But, madam, where is Warwick then become! --Shak. {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. What is then become of so huge a multitude? --Sir W. Raleigh.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Becoming \Becom"ing\, a. Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting. A low and becoming* tone. --Thackeray. Note: Formerly sometimes followed by of. Such discourses as are becoming of them. --Dryden. Syn: Seemly; comely; decorous; decent; proper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Becoming \Becom"ing\, n. That which is becoming* or appropriate. [Obs.]