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Become
King James Dictionary
or BECOME, becum'. pret. became, pp. become.
1. To pass from one state to another to enter into some state or condition, by a change from another state or condition, or by assuming or receiving new properties or qualities, additional matter, or a new character as, a cion becomes a tree.
The Lord God breathed into his nostrils the breath of like and man became a living soul.
To the Jew, I became a Jew.
2. To become of, usually with what preceding to be the fate of to be the end of to be the final or subsequent condition as, what will become of our commerce? what will become of us?
In the present tense, it applies to place as well as condition. What has become of my friend? that is, where is he? as well as, what is his condition? Where is he become? used by Shakespeare and Spenser, is obsolete but this is the sense in Saxon, where has he fallen?
BECOME, In general, to suit or be suitable to be congruous to befit to accord with, in character or circumstances to be worthy of, decent or proper. It is used in the same sense applied to persons or things.
If I become not a cart as well as another man.
This use of the word however is less frequent, the verb usually expressing the suitableness of things, to persons or to other things as, a robe becomes a prince.
It becomes not a cart as well as another man.
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Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Entry for 'Become'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/b/become.html.
