Word Meanings - BECOMED - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Proper; decorous. And gave him what becomed love I might. Shak.
Related words: (words related to BECOMED)
- 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.