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The act of becoming, or state of being, intemperate; excess in any kind of action or indulgence; any immoderate indulgence of the appetites or passions. God is in every creature; be cruel toward none, neither abuse any by intemperance. Jer. Taylor. Some, as thou sawest, by violent stroke shall die, By fire, flood, fami…

ightness. Justice and judgment are the haditation of thy throne. Ps. ixxxix. 11. The king-becoming graces, As justice, verity, temperance, stableness, . . . I have no relish of them. Shak.

Growing or becoming young.

y short and feeble. The giant kangaroo (Macropus major) is the largest species, sometimes becoming twelve or fourteen feet in total length. The tree kangaroos, belonging to the genus Dendrolagus, live in trees; the rock kangaroos, of the genus Petrogale, inhabit rocky situations; and the brush kangaroos, of the genus H…

Belonging to, suitable to, or becoming, a king; characteristic of, resembling, a king; directed or administered by a king; monarchical; royal; sovereign; regal; august; noble; grand. "Kingly magnificence." Sir P. Sidney. "A kingly government." Swift. "The kingly couch." Shak. The kingliest kings are crowned with thorn.…

Unbecoming a knight. [Obs.] "Knightless guile." Spenser.

Of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight; chivalrous; as, a knightly combat; a knightly spirit. For knightly jousts and fierce encounters fit. Spenser. [Excuses] full knightly without scorn. Tennyson.

Having a milky look; becoming milky. [Obs.]

Belonging or becoming to a lady; ladylike. "Some lady trifles." Shak.

Becoming or suitable to a lady; as, ladylike manners. "With fingers ladylike." Warner.

Becoming languid and weak; pining; losing health and strength.

Undergoing the process of becoming stone; having the capacity of being converted into stone; having the quality of petrifying bodies.

Like, or becoming, a lawyer; as, lawyerlike sagacity. "Lawyerly mooting of this point." Milton.

A colorless substance isomeric with chlorophyll, contained in parts of plants capable of becoming green. Watts.

lining of a ship's floor immediately above the timbers, so as to prevent the limbers from becoming clogged. -- Limber box or chest (Mil.), a box on the limber for carrying ammunition. -- Limber rope, Limber chain or Limber clearer (Naut.), a rope or chain passing through the limbers of a ship, by which they may be cl…

The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; also, the capacity of becoming liquid.

The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; especially, the conversion of a solid into a liquid by the sole agency of heat.

Pertaining to lithophosphor; becoming phosphoric by heat.

Capable of becoming a magnet; susceptible to magnetism; as, the magnetic metals.

The act of becoming reconciled or friendly.