Definition of become

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Become (v. i.) To come; to get.

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Get :: Get (v. i.) To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state, condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with a following adjective or past participle belonging to the subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to get beaten; to get elected..
Gas :: Gas (n.) An aeriform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as oxygen, hydrogen, etc., in distinction from vapors, as steam, which become liquid on a reduction of temperature. In present usage, since all of the supposed permanent gases have been liquified by cold and pressure, the term has resumed nearly its original signification, and is applied to any substance in the elastic or aeriform state..
Desiccate :: Desiccate (v. i.) To become dry.
Objectify :: Objectify (v. t.) To cause to become an object; to cause to assume the character of an object; to render objective.
Emacerate :: Emacerate (v. t. & i.) To make lean or to become lean; to emaciate.
Mangrove :: Mangrove (n.) The name of one or two trees of the genus Rhizophora (R. Mangle, and R. mucronata, the last doubtfully distinct) inhabiting muddy shores of tropical regions, where they spread by emitting aerial roots, which fasten in the saline mire and eventually become new stems. The seeds also send down a strong root while yet attached to the parent plant..
Pyroelectric :: Pyroelectric (n.) A substance which becomes electrically polar when heated, exhibiting opposite charges of statical electricity at two separate parts, especially the two extremities..
Dilute :: Dilute (v. i.) To become attenuated, thin, or weak; as, it dilutes easily..
Hustings :: Hustings (n. pl.) A court formerly held in several cities of England; specif., a court held in London, before the lord mayor, recorder, and sheriffs, to determine certain classes of suits for the recovery of lands within the city. In the progress of law reform this court has become unimportant..
Rankle :: Rankle (a.) To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively..
Collagen :: Collagen (n.) The chemical basis of ordinary connective tissue, as of tendons or sinews and of bone. On being boiled in water it becomes gelatin or glue..
Honey :: Honey (v. i.) To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments; also, to be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn..
Fester :: Fester (n.) To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to rise from a chair or from a fall..
Saturate :: Saturate (v. t.) To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate..
Tarnish :: Tarnish (v. i.) To lose luster; to become dull; as, gilding will tarnish in a foul air..
Fade :: Fade (a.) To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant..
Solidify :: Solidify (v. i.) To become solid; to harden.
Hitch :: Hitch (v. t.) To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
Rend :: Rend (v. i.) To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.
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