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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
become
    v 1: 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!" [syn: become, go, get]
    2: undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice";
       "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned
       traitor" [syn: become, turn]
    3: come into existence; "What becomes has duration"
    4: enhance the appearance of; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This
       behavior doesn't suit you!" [syn: become, suit]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Become \Be*come"\, v. i. [imp. Became; p. p. Become; p. pr.
   & vb. n. Becoming.] [OE. bicumen, becumen, AS. becuman to
   come to, to happen; akin to D. bekomen, OHG.a piqu["e]man,
   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.
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            The Lord God . . . breathed into his nostrils the
            breath of life; and man became a living soul. --Gen.
                                                  ii. 7.
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            That error now which is become my crime. --Milton.
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   2. To come; to get. [Obs.]
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            But, madam, where is Warwick then become! --Shak.
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   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.
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            What is then become of so huge a multitude? --Sir W.
                                                  Raleigh.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Become \Be*come"\, 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.
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         It becomes me so to speak of so excellent a poet.
                                                  --Dryden.
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         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.
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Thesaurus Results for become:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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