BECOMING

becoming

(adjective) displaying or setting off to best advantage; “a becoming new shade of rose”; “a becoming portrait”

becoming, comely, comme il faut, decorous, seemly

(adjective) according with custom or propriety; “her becoming modesty”; “comely behavior”; “it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money”; “seemly behavior”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Verb

becoming

present participle of become

Noun

becoming (usually uncountable, plural becomings)

(chiefly, philosophy) The act or process by which something becomes.

Adjective

becoming (comparative more becoming, superlative most becoming)

pleasingly suitable; fit; congruous; beautiful

decent, respectable

Antonyms

• unbecoming

Source: Wiktionary

Be*com"ing, a.

Definition: Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting. A low and becoming tone. Thackeray.

Note: Formerly sometimes followed by of. Such discourses as are becoming of them. Dryden.

Syn.

– Seemly; comely; decorous; decent; proper.

Be*com"ing, n.

Definition: That which is becoming or appropriate. [Obs.]

BECOME

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