To grow or come to be: became more knowledgeable; will become clearer in the morning.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To be appropriate or suitable to: “It would not become me . . . to interfere with parties” (Jonathan Swift). 2. To show to advantage; look good with: The new suit becomes you.
PHRASAL VERB:
become of To be the fate of; happen to: What has become of the old garden?
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English bicomen, from Old English becuman. See gw- in Appendix I.
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