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To become gloomy or dejected in mind. Barrow.

To become mellow; as, ripe fruit soon mellows. "Prosperity begins to mellow." Shak.

Hence: To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle; also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear. My soul melteth for heaviness. Ps. cxix. 28. Melting with tenderness and kind compassion. Shak.

it will not be presented at bank unless the maker fails to take it up on the day the debt becomes due. It usually has Mem. written on its face.

To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved. Shak.

ith a solution of caustic alkali. Such treatment causes the fiber to shrink in length and become stronger and more receptive of dyes. If the yarn or cloth is kept under tension during the process, it assumes a silky luster. -- Mer`cer*i*za"tion (#), n.

To become like the Mexicans, or their country or government.

To become tainted with mildew.

he had a great mind to see the new tragedy with me." Addison. -- To lose one's mind, to become insane, or imbecile. -- To make up one's mind, to come to an opinion or decision; to determine. -- To put in mind, to remind. "Regard us simply as putting you in mind of what you already know to be good policy." Jowett (T…

To become mixed or blended.

To misbecome; to be misbecoming. [Obs.] Spenser.

To sit badly or imperfectly upon; to misbecome. [Obs.] Chaucer.

, usually in a petroleum furnace, keeping the molten metal at the bubbling point until it becomes quiet, and then pouring the molten metal into a mold lined with a special mixture consisting essentially of molasses and ground burnt fire clay; also, a casting made by this process; -- called also wrought-iron casting.…

To become united into a compound; to be blended promiscuously together.

To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense; as, the wind has moderated.

A change of key, whether transient, or until the music becomes established in the new key; a shifting of the tonality of a piece, so that the harmonies all center upon a new keynote or tonic; the art of transition out of the original key into one nearly related, and so on, it may be, by successive changes, into a key q…

To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.

To cast anchor; to become fast. On oozy ground his galleys moor. Dryden.

period the time at which notes, bills of exchange, and other obligations, shall mature or become due.

pon condition, as security for the payment of a debt or the preformance of a duty, and to become void upon payment or performance according to the stipulated terms; also, the written instrument by which the conveyance is made.