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ll behind; to suffer gradual loss or disadvantage. -- To lose heart, to lose courage; to become timid. "The mutineers lost heart." Macaulay. -- To lose one's head, to be thrown off one's balance; to lose the use of one's good sense or judgment. In the excitement of such a discovery, many scholars lost their heads. Wh…

To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate for a time; as, the storm lulls.

The brightening of a metal in the crucible when it becomes pure, as in certain refining processes.

mad person; in a furious manner; as, to run like mad. L'Estrange. -- To run mad. (a) To become wild with excitement. (b) To run wildly about under the influence of hydrophobia; to become affected with hydrophobia. -- To run mad after, to pursue under the influence of infatuation or immoderate desire. "The world is r…

To become mad; to act as if mad. They rave, recite, and madden round the land. Pope.

The quality of being maidenly; the behavior that becomes a maid; modesty; gentleness.

gentle, modest, reserved. Must you be blushing . . . What a maidenly man-at-arms are you become ! Shak.

To cause to be or become; to put into a given state verb, or adjective; to constitute; as, to make known; to make public; to make fast. Who made thee a prince and a judge over us Ex. ii. 14. See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh. Ex. vii. 1.

A peculiar disease of the bones, in consequence of which they become softened and capable of being bent without breaking.

To become malt; also, to make grain into malt. Mortimer.

irt, uncovered, and holding up his hands between those of his lord, professed that he did become his man from that day forth, of life, limb, and earthly honor. Blackstone.

here they spread by emitting aërial roots, which fasten in the saline mire and eventually become new stems. The seeds also send down a strong root while yet attached to the parent plant.

the earth, planets, comets, sun, and all things in them, would grow cold and freeze, and become inactive masses. Sir I. Newton. A deep mass of continual sea is slower stirred To rage. Savile.

To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue. Obstinacy and willful neglects must be mastered, even though it cost blows. Locke.

To grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted together like a mat.

To be or become a mate or mates, especially in sexual companionship; as, some birds mate for life; this bird will not mate with that one.

To ripen; to become mature; specif

To advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as, wine matures by age; the judgment matures by age and experience.

e. Chaucer. -- Meas"ur*a*ble*ness, n. -- Meas"ur*a*bly, adv. Yet do it measurably, as it becometh Christians. Latimer.

To cause to become mechanical.