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unbecomes

unbecomes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unbecome.

Meaning of unbecome

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To misbecome.
    • […] he refrains from those freedoms which the world judges unbecoming his character, though harmless in themselves […]a. 1753, Thomas Sherlock, Discourse VII preached at the Temple Church
  2. (copulative) To become not, especially when one was previously not before a process of becoming what one currently is.
    • Jess has some fun with her powers, and she does learn from her mistakes. This is all very nice, but she does not un-become a witch at the end of the book; thus the story slips out of the realm of fantasy and bumps its way into some as yet undefined category.1979 December 29, Carrie Dearborn, “Uncontrolled Fantasy”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 23, page 15

Questions about unbecomes

What is unbecomes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unbecomes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unbecome.

Words near unbecomes in the dictionary

  1. unbecalmed
  2. unbecame
  3. unbeckoned
  4. unbeclouded
  5. unbecome
  6. unbecomes
  7. unbecoming
  8. unbecomingly
  9. unbecomingness
  10. unbecomings
  11. unbed

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