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Word Meanings - BECOMED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Proper; decorous. And gave him what becomed love I might. Shak.

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  • MIGHTILY
    1. In a mighty manner; with might; with great earnestness; vigorously; powerfully. Whereunto I also labor, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily. Col. i. 29. 2. To a great degree; very much. Practical jokes amused
  • PROPER
    Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper good.
  • BECOME
    happen; akin to D. bekomen, OHG.a piquëman, Goth. biquiman to come 1. To pass from one state to another; to enter into some state or condition, by a change from another state, or by assuming or receiving new properties or qualities, additional
  • MIGHT
    Force or power of any kind, whether of body or mind; energy or intensity of purpose, feeling, or action; means or resources to effect an object; strength; force; power; ability; capacity. What so strong, But wanting rest, will also want of might
  • MIGHTY
    1. Possessing might; having great power or authority. Wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Job ix. 4. 2. Accomplished by might; hence, extraordinary; wonderful. "His mighty works." Matt. xi. 20. 3. Denoting and extraordinary degree or quality
  • PROPERLY
    1. In a proper manner; suitably; fitly; strictly; rightly; as, a word properly applied; a dress properly adjusted. Milton. 2. Individually; after one's own manner. Now, harkeneth, how I bare me properly. Chaucer.
  • PROPERNESS
    1. The quality of being proper. 2. Tallness; comeliness. Udall.
  • PROPERATE
    To hasten, or press forward.
  • PROPERTIED
    Possessing property; holding real estate, or other investments of money. "The propertied and satisfied classes." M. Arnold.
  • PROPERISPOME
    Properispomenon.
  • BECOMED
    Proper; decorous. And gave him what becomed love I might. Shak.
  • DECOROUS
    Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion; marked with decorum; becoming; proper; seemly; befitting; as, a decorous speech; decorous behavior; a decorous dress for a judge. A decorous pretext the war. Motley. -- De*co"rous*ly,
  • BECOMINGLY
    In a becoming manner.
  • MIGHTINESS
    1. The quality of being mighty; possession of might; power; greatness; high dignity. How soon this mightiness meets misery. Shak. 2. Highness; excellency; -- with a possessive pronoun, a title of dignity; as, their high mightinesses.
  • PROPERISPOMENON
    A word which has the circumflex accent on the penult.
  • BECOMINGNESS
    The quality of being becoming, appropriate, or fit; congruity; fitness. The becomingness of human nature. Grew.
  • PROPERTY
    All the adjuncts of a play except the scenery and the dresses of the actors; stage requisites. I will draw a bill of properties. Shak. 6. Propriety; correctness. Camden. Literary property. See under Literary. -- Property man, one who has charge
  • BECOMING
    Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting. A low and becoming tone. Thackeray. Note: Formerly sometimes followed by of. Such discourses as are becoming of them. Dryden. Syn. -- Seemly; comely; decorous; decent; proper.
  • PROPERATION
    The act of hastening; haste. T. Adams.
  • MIGHTFUL
    Mighty. Shak.
  • INDECOROUSNESS
    The quality of being indecorous; want of decorum.
  • UNBECOMING
    Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper. My grief lets unbecoming speeches fall. Dryden. -- Un`be*com"ing*ly, adv. -- Un`be*com"ing*ness, n.
  • ALMIGHTINESS
    Omnipotence; infinite or boundless power; unlimited might. Jer. Taylor.
  • IMPROPERLY
    In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly.
  • DEDECOROUS
    Disgraceful; unbecoming. Bailey.
  • IMPROPERATION
    The act of upbraiding or taunting; a reproach; a taunt. Improperatios and terms of scurrility. Sir T. Browne
  • INDECOROUS
    Not decorous; violating good manners; contrary to good breeding or etiquette; unbecoming; improper; out of place; as, indecorous conduct. It was useless and indecorous to attempt anything more by mere struggle. Burke. Syn. -- Unbecoming; unseemly;
  • ALMIGHTILY
    With almighty power.
  • IMPROPERTY
    Impropriety.
  • UNBECOME
    To misbecome. Bp. Sherlock.
  • MISBECOMING
    Unbecoming. Milton. -- Mis`be*com"ing*ly, adv. -- Mis`be*com"ing*ness, n. Boyle.
  • INDECOROUSLY
    In an indecorous manner.

 

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