becometh

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A form of become — begin to be; turn into (often with permanent states).

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Meanings

verb
  1. archaicindicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of become

    But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ephesians 5:3
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    "Nay, when once thou art even as I am, we will go hence - fear not but that I shall find a path - and then shall we journey to this England of thine, and live as it becometh us to live."

    1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

Origin

From become + -eth.

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