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Search phrase: becoming

Plays

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CymbelineCym IV.iv.15In such a time nothing becoming you,In such a time, nothing becomming you,
CymbelineCym V.v.22With dignities becoming your estates.With Dignities becomming your estates.
Henry VIIIH8 II.iii.54It was a gentle business, and becomingIt was a gentle businesse, and becomming
Love's Labour's LostLLL II.i.67Within the limit of becoming mirth,Within the limit of becomming mirth,
PericlesPer IV.iii.12Becoming well thy fact. What canst thou saybecomming well thy face, what canst thou say
The Winter's TaleWT III.iii.21So filled and so becoming. In pure white robes,So fill'd, and so becomming: in pure white Robes

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SonnetsSonn.127.13 Yet so they mourn, becoming of their woe, Yet so they mourne becomming of their woe,
SonnetsSonn.150.5 Whence hast thou this becoming of things ill, Whence hast thou this becomming of things il,

Glossary

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becomedbecoming, befitting, appropriate
becominggrace, quality, befitting action
comelygraceful, becoming, decent
featbecoming, neat, well-fitting
maddingbecoming mad, frenzied
overtoppinggetting above oneself, becoming too ambitious
probationcandidature for membership, process of becoming a novice

Thesaurus

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ambitious, becoming tooovertopping
becomingbecomed
becomingcomely
becomingfeat
mad, becomingmadding
novice, becoming aprobation

Themes and Topics

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Responses...e over all functions with yea and nay becoming restricted to emphatic usage (they even...

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