become

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To grow or come to be: became more knowledgeable; will become clearer in the morning.
2. v. To be appropriate or suitable to: "It would not become me . . . to interfere with parties” ( Jonathan Swift).
3. v. To show to advantage; look good with: The new suit becomes you.
4. become of To be the fate of; happen to: What has become of the old garden?

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To come; arrive; betake one's self; go.
2. To come about; come into being; pass from non-existence; arise.
3. To change or pass from one state of existence to another; come to be something different; come or grow to be: as, the boy rapidly becomes the man.
4. To be fit or proper; be decorous or praiseworthy.
5. To be the fate of; be the end of; be the final or subsequent condition: after what: as, what will become of our commerce? what will become of us? It applies to place as well as condition: What has become of my friend? that is, where is he? as well as, what is his condition?
6. To suit or be suitable to; be congruous with; befit; accord with in character or circumstances; be worthy of or proper to: rarely said of persons.
7. To befit in appearance; suit esthetically; grace or adorn.
8. [Formerly becomed was sometimes used as the past participle.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. 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 matter, or a new character.
2. v. obsolete To come; to get.
3. v. To suit or be suitable to; to be congruous with; to befit; to accord with, in character or circumstances; to be worthy of, or proper for; to cause to appear well; -- said of persons and things.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. enhance the appearance of
2. v. undergo a change or development
3. v. enter or assume a certain state or condition
4. v. come into existence