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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Became \Be*came"\, imp. of {Become}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.
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