Become
Become ({not transcribed}) , intransitive verb
[Old English bicumen, becumen, Anglo-Saxon becuman to come to, to happen; akin to Dutch bekomen, Old High Germana piqueman, Gothic biquiman to come upon, German 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.
That error now which is become my crime.
2.
To come; to get. [Obsolete]
But, madam, where is Warwick then become!
What is then become of so huge a multitude?
Collocations (1)
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.
Become , transitive verb
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.