'Become' definitions:

Definition of 'become'

From: WordNet
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!" [syn: become, go, get]
verb
Undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor" [syn: become, turn]
verb
Come into existence; "What becomes has duration"
verb
Enhance the appearance of; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!" [syn: become, suit]

Definition of 'Become'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The Lord God . . . breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. --Gen. ii. 7. [1913 Webster]
  • That error now which is become my crime. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To come; to get. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • But, madam, where is Warwick then become! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • What is then become of so huge a multitude? --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Become'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The Lord God . . . breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. --Gen. ii. 7. [1913 Webster]
  • That error now which is become my crime. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To come; to get. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • But, madam, where is Warwick then become! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • What is then become of so huge a multitude? --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Become'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • It becomes me so to speak of so excellent a poet. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'become'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Become'