BECOME

become. Become, [becum] v.i. became, pret. become, pa. to fit, befit, fit gracefully, be made or done

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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 piquëman, Goth. biquiman to come upon, G. bekommen to get, suit. See Be-, and Come.]] 1. 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. 2. To come; to get.
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.