re-beˈcome, v.
[re- 5 a.]
intr. (with compl.) To become again.
| 1590 C'tess Pembroke Antonie i. 100 Thy loue with such things nourished..stealingly Retakes his force and re⁓becomes more great. 1599 R. Linche Fount Anc. Fict. K ij, The ægyptians..held that Serpents..by despoiling and vncasing them of their vpper skins..instantly againe rebecome youthfull. 1611 Cotgr., Redevenir, to returne, rebecome, or become againe. 1719 T. Gordon Cordial Low Spirits I. 100 They abandoned the Gospel and their Wives, and re-became orthodox Catholics. 1788 Earl Malmesbury Diaries & Corr. II. 415 If we mean..to prevent this country..from re-becoming a French province. 1861 R. F. Burton City of Saints 569 Snow still lay,..but in the fine clear sunny day..the lowest levels re-became green. 1920 A. Huxley in E. Sitwell Wheels (Fifth Cycle) 35 And the stretched gargoyles re-become Women and men! 1938 L. MacNeice I crossed Minch ii. ix. 131 It is useless to ask you..to re-become your ancestor the Irish peasant. |