beckoner (bekner)

One who beckons or calls by signs. beclapt (bē-klap'), v. t. [ Chaucer , Second Nun's Tale, 1. 9. beclipt (bē-klip'), v. t . [ be clip pen ; be -1 + clip1 .] To embrace; clasp. And sodenly, ere she it wiste, Beclipt in armes he her kiste. Gower, Conf. Amant., i. becloud (bē-kloud'), v. t. [ be -1+ cloud .] To overcloud; obscure; dim. Storms of tears becloud his eyes. P. Fletcher , Piscatory Eclogues, v. 15. The subject has been beclouded by the ma of writings. The American, VIII. 60. become (be-kum'), v.; pret. became, pp. become, ppr. becoming. [Early mod. E. also becum, be cume, But when they saw that they shoulde become vnder the obedience of another prince, they suffred the Greekes to meet Alexander. J. Brende, tr. of Quintus Curtius, v. You shall have sometimes fair houses so full of gla that one cannot tell where to become to be out of the sun or cold. Bacon , Building. I cannot joy, until I be resolv'd Where our right valiant father is become . Shak., 3 Hen. VI., ii. 1. IMG:content-1831.png:[blocks in formation] 3. To change or pa from one state of existence to another; come to be something different; come or grow to be: as, the boy rapidly becomes the man. The Lord God... breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Gen. ii. 7. I rue That errour now, which is become my crime. Milton , P. L., ix. 1181. If the Bank be unconstitutional, when did it become so? D. Webster , Speech, Sept. 30, 1834. 4. To be fit or proper; be decorous or praiseworthy. [Rare.] Set this diamond safe In golden palaces, as it becomes . Shak ., 1 Hen. VI., v. 3. To become of. (at) To come out of; result from. See 1. (b) To be the fate of; be the end of; be the final or subsequent condition: after what: as, what will become of our commerce? what will become of us? 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? What is then become of so huge a multitude? Raleigh. Sneer. And pray what becomes of her? Puff . She is gone to throw herself into the sea, to be sure. Sheridan, The Critic, iii. 1. II. trans. 1. To suit or be suitable to; be congruous with; befit; accord with in charac become ter or circumstances; be worthy of or proper to: rarely said of persons. If I become not a cart as well as another man, a plague on my bringing up! I hope I shall as soon be strangled with a halter as another. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., ii. 4. Nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it. Shak., Macbeth, i. 4. I don't think so much learning becomes a young woman. Sheridan, The Rivals, i. 2. 2. To befit in appearance; suit esthetically; grace or adorn. I have known persons so anxious to have their dre become them, as to convert it at length into their proper self, and thus actually to become the dre . Cole ridge, Aids to Reflection, p. 53. [Formerly becomed was sometimes used as the past participle. A good rebuke, Which might have well becom'd the best of men, To taunt at slackne . Shak ., A. and C., iii. 7.] becomedt, p . a. [Irreg. and rare pp. of become .] Becoming. I met the youthful lord at Laurence' cell, And gave him what becomed love I might, Not stepping o'er the bounds of modesty. Shak., R. and J., iv. 2.