单词 | become of |
释义 | > as lemmasbecome of 4. become of (after ‘what’) was used formerly in sense of ‘come out of, result from,’ but has also taken the place of ‘where is it become,’ etc., in 1b, in reference to the later locality, position, or fate of a person or thing. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > become of betidea1400 worthc1400 befall1470 become of1535 the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > consequently or as a result [phrase] > result from become of1535 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Exod. xxxii. 1 We can not tell what is become [1382 Wyclif, what is befallyn; 1388 what befelde] of this man Moses. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xxxvii. 20 We shall see what will become of his dreames. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. ii. 36 What will become of this?.. My state is desperate. View more context for this quotation 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 183 Nor do I know what is become Of him, more then the Pope. 1707 J. Freind Acct. Earl of Peterborow's Conduct in Spain 211 It is no Matter what becomes of the Town. 1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ ii. 18 [St. Paul] is telling what was become of his companions. 1875 H. Spencer First Princ. (ed. 3) ii. v. §56. 183 What becomes of this element at either extreme of the oscillation? < as lemmas |
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