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Webster 1913 Edition


Unbecome

Unˊbe-come′

,
Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+
become
.]
To misbecome.
[Obs.]
Bp. Sherlock.

Webster 1828 Edition


Unbecome

UNBECOME

,
Verb.
T.
Not to become; not to be suitable to; to misbecome. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


unbecome

unbecome

English

Verb

unbecome (third-person singular simple present unbecomes, present participle unbecoming, simple past unbecame, past participle unbecome)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To misbecome.
    • Bishop Thomas Sherlock
      [] he refrains from those freedoms which the world judges unbecoming his character, though harmless in themselves []