Become vs Extend - What's the difference?
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(obsolete) To arrive, come (to a place).
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*:& thenne the noble knyghte sire Launcelot departed with ryghte heuy chere sodenly / that none erthely creature wyste of hym / nor where he was become / but sir Bors
*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:But, madam, where is Warwick then become ?
(copulative) To come about; happen; come into being; arise.
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(copulative) begin to be; turn into.
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, title= To be proper for; to befit.
*1930 , (Duff Cooper), Talleyrand , Folio Society, 2010, p.7:
*:His ordinationenabled him to be independent of his parents, and to afford a manner of living which became his rank rather than his calling.
Of an adornment, piece of clothing etc.: to look attractive on (someone).
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To increase in extent.
To possess a certain extent.
To cause to increase in extent.
To cause to last for a longer period of time.
To straighten (a limb).
To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
(UK, legal) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
Become is a related term of extend.
As verbs the difference between become and extend
is that become is (obsolete) to arrive, come (to a place) while extend is to increase in extent.become
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Verb
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Synonyms
* (to be suitable for) befit, suitReferences
* *extend
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Verb
(en verb)- to extend sympathy to the suffering
- to extend liquors