Verb

(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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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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Verb

(enlarg)

To make larger.

To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, etc.

Knowledge enlarges the mind.

* Bible, 2 Corinthians vi. 11

O ye Corinthians, our heart is enlarged .

To speak at length upon'' or ''on (some subject)

* 1664 , (Samuel Butler), Hudibras 2.2.68:

I shall enlarge upon the Point.

(archaic) To release; to set at large.

* 1580 , (Philip Sidney), Arcadia 329:

Like a Lionesse lately enlarged .

* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , IV.8:

Finding no meanes how I might us enlarge , / But if that Dwarfe I could with me convay, / I lightly snatcht him up and with me bore away.

* Barrow

It will enlarge us from all restraints.

* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), Henry V , Act II Scene II:

Uncle of Exeter, enlarge the man committed yesterday, that rail'd against our person. We consider it was excess of wine that set him on.

(nautical) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; said of the wind.

(legal) To extend the time allowed for compliance with (an order or rule).

(Abbott)