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English Dictionary: become	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for become
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
become v enter or assume a certain state or condition; "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!" Synonym(s): become, go, get undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor" Synonym(s): become, turn come into existence; "What becomes has duration" enhance the appearance of; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!" Synonym(s): become, suit
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Become \Become"\, 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]:
Become \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. It becomes me so to speak of so excellent a poet. --Dryden. 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.