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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Becoming \Be*com"ing\, a. Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting.

A low and becoming tone. --Thackeray.

Note: Formerly sometimes followed by of.

Such discourses as are becoming of them. --Dryden.

Syn: Seemly; comely; decorous; decent; proper.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Becoming \Be*com"ing\, n. That which is becoming or appropriate. [Obs.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)