1.
[syn: becoming, comely, comme il faut, decent, decorous, seemly]
2. displaying or setting off to best advantage;
- Example: "a becoming new shade of rose"
- Example: "a becoming portrait"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Becoming \Be*com"ing\, n.
That which is becoming or appropriate. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Becoming \Be*com"ing\, a.
Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting.
[1913 Webster]
A low and becoming tone. --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Formerly sometimes followed by of.
[1913 Webster]
Such discourses as are becoming of them.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Seemly; comely; decorous; decent; proper.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
becoming
adj 1: according with custom or propriety; "her becoming
modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for
a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent
burial"; "seemly behavior" [syn: becoming, comely,
comme il faut, decent, decorous, seemly]
2: displaying or setting off to best advantage; "a becoming new
shade of rose"; "a becoming portrait"