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be·come (bē kum′, bi-)

intransitive verb became -·came′, become -·come′, becoming -·com′·ing

  1. to come to be to become ill
  2. to grow to be; change or develop into by growth the tadpole becomes a frog

Etymology: ME bicumen < OE becuman: see be- & come

transitive verb

  1. to befit; suit modesty becomes her
  2. to be right for or suitable to in appearance that hat becomes you
become Idioms

become of

to happen to; be the fate of

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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