Definition of become

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Become (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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Equal :: Equal (v. t.) To be or become equal to; to have the same quantity, the same value, the same degree or rank, or the like, with; to be commen/urate with..
Garrote :: Garrote (n.) A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted..
Overtire :: Overtire (v. t.) To become too tired.
Swampy :: Swamp (v. i.) To become filled with water, as a boat; to founder; to capsize or sink; figuratively, to be ruined; to be wrecked..
Melt :: Melt (v. i.) Hence: To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle; also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear..
Dull :: Dull (v. i.) To become dull or stupid.
Buckle :: Buckle (v. i.) To bend permanently; to become distorted; to bow; to curl; to kink.
Green :: Green (v. i.) To become or grow green.
In- :: In- (prep.) A prefix from Eng. prep. in, also from Lat. prep. in, meaning in, into, on, among; as, inbred, inborn, inroad; incline, inject, intrude. In words from the Latin, in- regularly becomes il- before l, ir- before r, and im- before a labial; as, illusion, irruption, imblue, immigrate, impart. In- is sometimes used with an simple intensive force..
Rust :: Rust (v. i.) To degenerate in idleness; to become dull or impaired by inaction.
Individual :: Individual (n.) The product of a single egg, whether it remains a single animal or becomes compound by budding or fission..
Shorten :: Shorten (v. i.) To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold..
Europeanize :: Europeanize (v. t.) To cause to become like the Europeans in manners or character; to habituate or accustom to European usages.
Desiccate :: Desiccate (v. i.) To become dry.
Accession :: Accession (n.) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
Hectocotylus :: Hectocotylus (n.) One of the arms of the male of most kinds of cephalopods, which is specially modified in various ways to effect the fertilization of the eggs. In a special sense, the greatly modified arm of Argonauta and allied genera, which, after receiving the spermatophores, becomes detached from the male, and attaches itself to the female for reproductive purposes..
Essentiate :: Essentiate (v. i.) To become assimilated; to be changed into the essence.
Larva :: Larva (n.) Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts several times, and may change its form or color each time. The larvae of many insects are much like the adults in form and habits, but have no trace of wings, the rudimentary wings appearing only in the pupa stage. In other groups of insects the larvae are totally unlike the parents in structure and habits, and are called caterpillars, grubs, maggots, et
Dissolve :: Dissolve (v. i.) To become fluid; to be melted; to be liquefied.
Apple-john :: Apple-john (n.) A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered; -- called also Johnapple.
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