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▪ I. unbeˈcome, v.1
[un-2 4.]
trans. To deprive (of something).
1624Heywood Captives i. i, Shall I, bycause hee perisht in the sea,..Despoyle my shipps, and unbecom the deepes Of theire fayre Sayles and tackles?
▪ II. unbeˈcome, v.2
[un-1 14: cf. unbecoming ppl. a.]
trans. To fail to become or suit; to be unbecoming to.
1628Abp. Williams Serm. 8 It doth not vnbecome fortunate men to swell a little. 1653Shirley Court Secret ii. i, It will not unbecome your royal justice To let me know his crime. 1679Penn Addr. Prot. ii. vi. (1692) 221 They draw to Strife,..Hatred and Persecutions, which unbecome the Man of God. 1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. III. Ded. A j b, I thought it did not unbecome me..to pay and raise such Tribute of Loyalty and Gratitude as lay in my Power. 1893Yeats Celtic Twilight p. x, I..shall be well content if it do not unbecome me. |