Part 990

<hw>Be*cloud"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Beclouded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Beclouding</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To cause obscurity or dimness to; to dim; to cloud.</def>

<blockquote>If thou <b>becloud</b> the sunshine of thine eye. <i>Quarles.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Become</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Be*come"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>Became</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Become</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Becoming</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>bicumen</ets>, <ets>becumen</ets>, AS. <ets>becuman</ets> to come to, to happen; akin to D. <ets>bekomen</ets>, OHG.a <ets>piqu\'89man</ets>, Goth. <ets>biquiman</ets> to come upon, G. <ets>bekommen</ets> to get, suit. See <er>Be-</er>, and <er>Come</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>The Lord God . . . breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man <b>became</b> a living soul. <i>Gen. ii. 7.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>That error now which is <b>become</b> my crime. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To come; to get.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>But, madam, where is Warwick then <b>become</b>! <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To become of</col>, <cd>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.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>What is then <b>become of</b> so huge a multitude? <i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Become</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Be*come"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>It <b>becomes</b> me so to speak of so excellent a poet. <i> Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I have known persons so anxious to have their dress <b>become</b> them, as to convert it, at length, into their proper self, and thus actually to <b>become</b> the dress. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Becomed</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Be*com"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Proper; decorous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>And gave him what <b>becomed</b> love I might. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Becoming</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Be*com"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting.</def>

<blockquote>A low and <b>becoming</b> tone. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<note>Formerly sometimes followed by <i>of</i>.</note>

<blockquote>Such discourses as are <b>becoming</b> of them. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Seemly; comely; decorous; decent; proper.</syn>

<h1>Becoming</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Be*com"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which is becoming or appropriate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Becomingly</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Be*com"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a becoming manner.</def>

<h1>Becomingness</h1> <Xpage=130>