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Become v. t. (past became; past part. become; pres. part. becoming) 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." "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."

Become v. i. (past became; past part. become; pres. part. becoming)

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." "That error now which is become my crime."

To come; to get. (Obs.) "But, madam, where is Warwick then become!"

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?"

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"Become" Quotes from Famous Books

... Madge put her foot upon the pavement, and become sensible that she was the object of attention to the spectators, than she resumed all the fantastic extravagance of deportment which some transient touch of melancholy had banished for an instant. She swam rather than walked up the centre aisle, dragging Jeanie after her, whom she held fast ...

— The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete, Illustrated • Sir Walter Scott

... herself—was her regard for him more than a natural admiration for his strong character, as she had seen it revealed in the past months? Their peculiar situation had placed him more in her thoughts than any man had ever been before. Was not this all? The possibility had not yet become a certainty. The revelation of Hope Farwell to ...

— The Calling Of Dan Matthews • Harold Bell Wright

... be needing that skunk much longer—or words to that effect—because he will get this one from the trap. Doctor Hong Foy is much pleased and says the twenty-five American dollars is eager to become Lew Wee's for this animal, alive and in ...

— Ma Pettengill • Harry Leon Wilson

... with his fellows, there was another quarter, one which had become even more vital to him, in which he lost it. Ettie Shafter's father would have nothing more to do with him, nor would he allow him to enter the house. Ettie herself was too deeply in love to give him up altogether, ...

— The Valley of Fear • Arthur Conan Doyle

... friends. Pylad[^e]s was a nephew of King Agamemnon, and Orest[^e]s was Agamemnon's son. The two cousins contracted a friendship which has become proverbial. Subsequently, Pylad[^e]s married ...

— Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama - A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 • E. Cobham Brewer

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