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单词 rebecome
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rebecomev.

Brit. /ˌriːbᵻˈkʌm/, U.S. /ˌribəˈkəm/, /ˌribiˈkəm/
Inflections: Past tense rebecame; past participle rebecome;
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: re- prefix, become v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + become v., originally after Middle French, French redevenir (1578 in the passage translated in quot. 1592).
intransitive. With complement: to become again.
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the world > time > change > change [verb (intransitive)] > pass into state, become > again
rebecome1592
the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > revert [verb (intransitive)] > become again
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rebecome1592
1592 Countess of Pembroke tr. R. Garnier Antonius i, in tr. P. de Mornay Disc. Life & Death sig. F3v Thy loue with such things nourished..stealingly Retakes his force and rebecomes [Fr. redeuient] more great.
1599 R. Linche Fountaine Anc. Fiction sig. Kiiv The Ægyptians..held that Serpents..by dispoiling and vncasing them of their vpper skins..instantly againe rebecome youthfull.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Redevenir, to returne, rebecome, or become againe.
1678 tr. M. Charas Royal Pharmacopœa iii. iii. lix. 188 For the acid of the Spirit of Vinegar quitting the Lead, to unite with the Salt of Tartar, the same Lead rebecomes what it was before.
1719 in T. Gordon Cordial Low-spirits (1750) 100 They abandoned the Gospel and their Wives, and re-became orthodox Catholics.
1788 Earl of Malmesbury Diaries & Corr. II. 415 If we mean..to prevent this country..from re-becoming a French province.
1860 Times 17 Sept. 7/4 Recognizing that the regeneration of Italy is a decree of Providence, he will rebecome the Father of the Italians.
1861 R. F. Burton City of Saints 569 Snow still lay,..but in the fine clear sunny day..the lowest levels re-became green.
1920 A. Huxley in E. Sitwell Wheels (Fifth Cycle) 35 And the stretched gargoyles re-become Women and men!
1938 L. MacNeice I crossed Minch ii. ix. 131 It is useless to ask you..to re-become your ancestor the Irish peasant.
2004 Seattle Weekly (Nexis) 14 Jan. 86 It's now been so long since I last had a penis inside me that I, too, have rebecome a virgin.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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