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Webster 1913 Edition


Misbecome

Misˊbe-come′

,
Verb.
T.
Not to become; to suit ill; not to befit or be adapted to.
Macaulay.
Thy father will not act what
misbecomes
him.
Addison.

Webster 1828 Edition


Misbecome

MISBECOME

,
Verb.
T.
misbecum'. [See Become.]
Not to become; to suit ill; not to befit.
Thy father will not act what misbecomes him.

Definition 2024


misbecome

misbecome

English

Verb

misbecome (third-person singular simple present misbecomes, present participle misbecoming, simple past and past participle misbecame)

  1. (obsolete) To be unsuitable, unbefitting, or maladapted.
    • 1802, John Duncan, An appendix to seasonable hints to the younger part of the Clergy of the Church of England:
      It misbecame him to appear in the character of a mediator of peace, in a quarrel, the futility of which he had presumed to judge and hastily condemn.

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