2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Became \Be*came"\,
imp. of {Become}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
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.
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