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The act of fitting; that which is proper or becoming; equipment. [Obs.] Shak.

The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm. Glanvill.

The process of becoming fossil.

Pf, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to brothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal embrace. -- Fra*ter"nal*ly, adv. An abhorred, a cursed, a fraternal war. Milton. Fraternal love and friendship. Addison.

tion; a public school. -- Free services (O.Eng. Law), such feudal services as were not unbecoming the character of a soldier or a freemen to perform; as, to serve under his lord in war, to pay a sum of money, etc. Burrill. -- Free ships, ships of neutral nations, which in time of war are free from capture even though…

Becoming murmurous, roaring. "Fremescent clangor." Carlyle. -- Fre*mes"cence (#), n.

The condition or quality of being frivolous; also, acts or habits of trifling; unbecoming levity of disposition.

Given to trifling; marked with unbecoming levity; silly; interested especially in trifling matters. His personal tastes were low and frivolous. Macaulay.

ight easily infer that a similar fullbottomed, well-curled friz of words would be no less becoming to his thoughts. Hare.

The process of becoming solid by cooling; a cooling and solidifying.

Of, pertaining to, resembling, or becoming, a gentleman; well- behaved; courteous; polite.

lamander (Megalobatrachus maximus), found in Japan. It is the largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long. -- Giant squid (Zoöl.), one of several species of very large squids, belonging to Architeuthis and allied genera. Some are over forty feet long.

Becoming smooth or glabrous from age. Gray.

Having a somewhat glaucous appearance or nature; becoming glaucous.

A sexual zooid produced as a medusoid bud upon a hydroid, sometimes becoming a free hydromedusa, sometimes remaining attached. See Hydroidea, and Illusts. of Athecata, Campanularian, and Gonosome.

The act of making gross or thick, or the state of becoming so.

Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; graceful; becoming; appropriate; as, a handsome style, etc. Easiness and handsome address in writing. Felton.

Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming. Chaucer. Belong what honest clothes you send forth to bleaching! Shak.

Honorably; becomingly; decently. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Decently; becomingly. [Obs.] "Do this message honorably." Shak.