Definition of become

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Become (v. i.) 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..

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Taper :: Taper (v. i.) To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end..
Stiffener :: Stiffen (v. i.) To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective..
Disengage :: Disengage (v. i.) To release one's self; to become detached; to free one's self.
Tomaley :: Tomaley (n.) The liver of the lobster, which becomes green when boiled; -- called also tomalline..
Clabber :: Clabber (v. i.) To become clabber; to lopper.
Sympathy :: Sympathy (n.) That relation which exists between different persons by which one of them produces in the others a state or condition like that of himself. This is shown in the tendency to yawn which a person often feels on seeing another yawn, or the strong inclination to become hysteric experienced by many women on seeing another person suffering with hysteria..
Lock :: Lock (v. i.) To become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing; as, the door locks close..
Mix :: Mix (v. i.) To become united into a compound; to be blended promiscuously together.
Remit :: Remit (v. i.) To abate in force or in violence; to grow less intense; to become moderated; to abate; to relax; as, a fever remits; the severity of the weather remits..
Consolidate :: Consolidate (v. i.) To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid; as, moist clay consolidates by drying..
Congeal :: Congeal (v. i.) To grow hard, stiff, or thick, from cold or other causes; to become solid; to freeze; to cease to flow; to run cold; to be chilled..
Constipation :: Constipation (n.) A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened faeces; costiveness..
Slake :: Slake (v. i.) To abate; to become less decided.
In- :: In- () An inseparable prefix, or particle, meaning not, non-, un- as, inactive, incapable, inapt. In- regularly becomes il- before l, ir- before r, and im- before a labial..
Sharpen :: Sharpen (v. i.) To grow or become sharp.
Appall :: Appall (v. i.) To lose flavor or become stale.
Condense :: Condense (v. i.) To become more compact; to be reduced into a denser form.
Season :: Season (v. i.) To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance; as, timber seasons in the sun..
Season :: Season (v. i.) To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.
Cloud :: Cloud (v. i.) To grow cloudy; to become obscure with clouds; -- often used with up.
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