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divenire — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • become verb To start being something different; to change into.
  • becoming adj Flattering or suitable in appearance; fitting.
  • fall verb To move downward, especially suddenly and without control.
  • get verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
  • turn verb To move or rotate around an axis, or to change direction.
  • wax noun A soft, oily solid substance, such as beeswax or paraffin, used for candles, polish, and other purposes.

Senses

divenire is used for these senses in English:

  • become (transitive) To be proper for; to beseem. [from 13th c.]
  • becoming (chiefly, philosophy) The act or process by which something becomes.
  • fall (intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
  • get (copulative) To become, or cause oneself to become.
  • get (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.
  • get (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
  • turn (copulative) To become (begin to be).
  • wax (intransitive, copulative, literary) To increasingly assume the specified characteristic.

become — full definition

  1. verb To start being something different; to change into.
  2. verb To suit or look attractive on someone (formal/literary).

becoming — full definition

  1. adj Flattering or suitable in appearance; fitting.
  2. adj Appropriate to one's character or position; decent.

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