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xx. 31. Because of, by reason of, on account of. [Prep. phrase.] Because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Eph. v. 6.

of the head or hand; to intimate a command to. [Archaic] When gold and silver becks me to come on. Shak.

To come to pass; to happen. I have revealed . . . the discord which befell. Milton.

To be suitable to; to suit; to become. That name best befits thee. Milton.

rpose; in order that. Before Abraham was, I am. John viii. 58. Before this treatise can become of use, two points are necessary. Swift.

A vow; a promise. [Obs.] The time is come that I should send it her, if I keep the behest that I have made. Paston.

To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge. The bellying canvas strutted with the gale. Dryden.

thing as a gift; one who receives a benefit or advantage; esp. one who receives help or income from an educational fund or a trust estate. The rich men will be offering sacrifice to their Deity whose beneficiaries they are. Jer. Taylor.

hen pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe. Bare benting times . . . may come. Dryden.

for (one) to do or to have. Hence: To be fit, suitable, or proper for, or worthy of; to become; to befit. A duty well beseeming the preachers. Clarendon. What form of speech or behavior beseemeth us, in our prayers to God Hocker.

Comeliness. Baret.

To suit; to fit; to become. [Obs.]

To assort or be congruous with; to fit, or become. [Obs.] Such men as may besort your age. Shak.

To happen to; to befall; to come to ; as, woe betide the wanderer. What will betide the few Milton.

To become better; to improve. Carlyle.

words; to declare, as a wish, a greeting, a threat, or defiance, etc.; as, to bid one welcome; to bid good morning, farewell, etc. Neither bid him God speed. 2. John 10. He bids defiance to the gaping crowd. Granrille.

To make or become big; to enlarge. [Obs. or Dial.] Steele.

in the bilge or bottom of a ship or other vessel. It is often allowed to remain till it becomes very offensive. -- Bilge ways, the timbers which support the cradle of a ship upon the ways, and which slide upon the launching ways in launching the vessel.

To grow or become white; as, his cheek blanched with fear; the rose blanches in the sun. [Bones] blanching on the grass. Tennyson.