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BECOME
become, go, get
(verb) 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!”
become
(verb) come into existence; “What becomes has duration”
become, turn
(verb) undergo a change or development; “The water turned into ice”; “Her former friend became her worst enemy”; “He turned traitor”
become, suit
(verb) enhance the appearance of; “Mourning becomes Electra”; “This behavior doesn’t suit you!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
become (third-person singular simple present becomes, present participle becoming, simple past (nonstandard) becomed or became, past participle (rare, dialectal) becomen or become)
(intransitive, obsolete) To arrive, come (to a place). [9th-18thc.]
(copulative) To come about; happen; come into being; arise. [from 12thc.]
(copulative) begin to be; turn into. [from 12thc.]
Synonyms: get, turn, go
(transitive) To be proper for; to beseem. [from 13thc.]
(transitive) Of an adornment, piece of clothing etc.: to look attractive on (someone). [from 14thc.]
Synonyms
• (to be suitable for): befit, suit
Source: Wiktionary
Be*come", v. i. [imp. Became; p. p. Become; p. pr. & vb. n. Becoming.] Etym: [OE. bicumen, becumen, AS. becuman to come to, to happen; akin to D. bekomen, OHG.a piquëman, 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.
Be*come", v. t.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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