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        "A compound of the sources of be- + come.\nFrom Middle English becomen, bicumen, from Old English becuman (“to come (to), approach, arrive, enter, meet with, fall in with; happen, befall; befit”), from Proto-Germanic *bikwemaną (“to come around, come about, come across, come by”), equivalent to be- (“about, around”) + come. Cognate with Scots becum (“to come, arrive, reach a destination”), North Frisian bekommen, bykommen (“to come by, obtain, receive”), West Frisian bikomme (“to come by, obtain, receive”), Dutch bekomen (“to come by, obtain, receive”), German bekommen (“to get, receive, obtain”), Swedish bekomma (“to receive, concern”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (biqiman, “to come upon one, befall”). Sense of \"befit, suit\" due to influence from Middle English cweme, icweme, see queem."
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              "mean": "(copulative) begin to be; turn into. \nSynonyms: get, turn, go\nShe became a doctor when she was 25.\nThe weather will become cold after the sun goes down.\nThe sense ‘state or process of bearing fruit’ has become imposed on fruition as the 20c. proceeded.\n1897 December (indicated as 1898),  Winston Churchill,  chapter VIII, in  The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.\n2012 May 13,  Alistair Magowan,  “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in  BBC Sport:Then, as the Sunderland fans' cheers bellowed around the stadium, United's title bid was over when it became apparent City had pinched a last-gasp winner to seal their first title in 44 years.\n2013 May-June,  William E. Conner,  “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in  American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 206-7:Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them."
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              "mean": "(copulative) To come about; happen; come into being; arise. \nWhat became of him after he was let go?\nIt hath becomen so that many a man had to sterve."
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              "mean": "(transitive) To be proper for; to beseem. \n1610–1611 (date written),  William Shakespeare,  “The Tempest”, in  Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London:    Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Ay, lord, she will become thy bed, I warrant,And bring thee forth brave brood.\n1892, Ambrose Bierce, “The Applicant,” in The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume II: In the Midst of Life (Tales of Soldiers and Civilians), New York: Gordian Press, 1966,\nHe was hatted, booted, overcoated, and umbrellaed, as became a person who was about to expose himself to the night and the storm on an errand of charity   \n1930, Duff Cooper, Talleyrand, Folio Society, 2010, p.7:\nHis ordination  enabled him to be independent of his parents, and to afford a manner of living which became his rank rather than his calling."
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              "mean": "(transitive) Of an adornment, piece of clothing etc.: to look attractive on (someone). \nThat dress really becomes you."
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              "mean": "(intransitive, obsolete) To arrive, come (to a place). \n1485,  Sir Thomas Malory,  chapter II, in  Le Morte Darthur, book XVIII:& thenne the noble knyghte sire Launcelot departed with ryghte heuy chere sodenly / that none erthely creature wyste of hym / nor where he was become / but sir Bors(please add an English translation of this quote)\nc. 1591–1592 (date written),  William Shakespeare,  “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, ”, in  Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London:    Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :But, madam, where is Warwick then become?"
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