becomenesst

[ Dryden. Such [discourses] as are becoming of them. This condescension, my Lord, is not only becoming of your ancient family, but of your personal character in the world. Dryden, Ded. of Love Triumphant. 2. Suitable to the appearance or style of; befitting esthetically: as, a becoming dre . = Syn. Meet, appropriate, fitting, seemly, comely, decent. II. n. 11. Something worn as an ornament. Sir, forgive me, Since my becomings kill me, when they do not Eye well to you. Shak ., A. and C., 1. 3. 2. That which is suitable, fit, or appropriate. Burnet, among whose many good qualities self-command and a fine sense of the becoming cannot be reckoned. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., ix. 3. In metaph., the transition from non-existence into existence; an intermediate state between being and not being; a state of flux; the state of that which begins to be, but does not endure; change; development: opposed to being. becomingly (bē-kum'ing-li), adv. After a becoming or proper manner. becomingne (bē-kum'ing-nes), n. Suitableno ; congruity; propriety; decency; gracefulne arising from fitne : as, " becomingne of virtue," Delany, Christmas Sermon.