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 ]
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 ]
To become of,
What is then become of so huge a multitude? Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Proper; decorous. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
And gave him what becomed love I might. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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 ]
n. That which is becoming or appropriate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a becoming manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being becoming, appropriate, or fit; congruity; fitness. [ 1913 Webster ]
The becomingness of human nature. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]