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Webster 1913 Edition
Becoming
Be-com′ing
,Adj.
Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting.
A low and
becoming
tone. Thackeray.
Formerly sometimes followed by of.
Such discourses as are
becoming
of them. Dryden.
Syn. – Seemly; comely; decorous; decent; proper.
Be-com′ing
,Noun.
That which is becoming or appropriate.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Becoming
BECOM'ING
,ppr., but used rarely or never except as an adjective. Fit; suitable; congruous; proper; graceful; belonging to the character, or adapted to circumstances; as, he speaks with becoming boldness; a dress is very becoming.Some writers formerly used of, after this word.
Such discourses as are becoming of them.
But this use is inelegant or improper.
BECOM'ING
,Adj.