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To become of

Become \Be*come"\, v. i. [imp. Became; p. p. Become; p. pr. & vb. n. Becoming.] [OE. bicumen, becumen, AS. becuman to come to, to happen; akin to D. bekomen, OHG.a piqu["e]man, Goth. biquiman to come upon, G. bekommen to get, suit. See Be-, and Come.]

  1. 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.

    The Lord God . . . breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
    --Gen. ii. 7.

    That error now which is become my crime.
    --Milton.

  2. To come; to get. [Obs.]

    But, madam, where is Warwick then become!
    --Shak.

    To become of, to be the present state or place of; to be the fate of; to be the end of; to be the final or subsequent condition of.

    What is then become of so huge a multitude?
    --Sir W. Raleigh.

Usage examples of "to become of".

For what, in the grasp of a man like this, was to become of Clifford's soft, poetic nature, that never should have had a task more stubborn than to set a life of beautiful enjoyment to the flow and rhythm of musical cadences?

And now tonight you at last know all, and I ask you what is to become of us, my child and me?

And now to-night you at last know all, and I ask you what is to become of us, my child and me?

Alexander's `they,' also with finding out what's to become of us all.

The irate man with the briefcase followed unobtrusively, although he seemed more interested in what was going to become of Sally Ryan than he was in what might have happened to Nicholas Nocturne.