well becoming
ɪŋ adjective
1.
that suits or gives a pleasing effect or attractive appearance, as to a person or thing: a becoming dress; a becoming hairdo.
2.
suitable; appropriate; proper: a becoming sentiment.
noun
3.
any process of change.
4.
Aristotelianism. any change involving realization of potentialities, as a movement from the lower level of potentiality to the higher level of actuality.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | suitable; appropriate |
| —n | |
| 2. | any process of change |
| 3. | (in the philosophy of Aristotle) any change from the lower level of potentiality to the higher level of actuality |
| be'comingly | |
| —adv | |
| be'comingness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
becoming
"looking well," 1560s, from earlier sense of "be fitting" (early 13c.), from become.
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