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unbecome en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + become.

Meanings

1. (obsolete, transitive) To misbecome.
   • […] he refrains from those freedoms which the world judges unbecoming his character, though harmless in themselves […] a. 1753, Thomas Sherlock, Discourse VII preached at the Temple Church:
2. (copulative) To become not, especially when one was previously not before a process of becoming what one currently is.
   • Jess has some fun with her powers, and she does learn from her mistakes. This is all very nice, but she does not un-become a witch at the end of the book; thus the story slips out of the realm of fantasy and bumps its way into some as yet undefined category. 1979 December 29, Carrie Dearborn, “Uncontrolled Fantasy”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 23, page 15:
   • I "became" a drunk only because of words and in response to pressure to do "the program" right. Thus I could "unbecome" a drunk if I just had the nerve or the imagination to break away from what you guys tell me I am from your words 2001 September, Jane Hindman, “Making Writing Matter: Using "the Personal" to Recover[y] an Essential[ist] Tension in Academic Discourse”, in College English, volume 64, number 1, page 90:

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