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  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Become
  2. a. Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting.
  3. n. That which is becoming or appropriate.
  4. adj. according with custom or propriety
  5. adj. displaying or setting off to best advantage
  6. 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. That which is becoming or appropriate. [Obs.]
  7. Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting.A low and becoming tone. Thackeray.
  8. j:100 s. according with custom or propriety s. displaying or setting off to best advantage