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Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next; as, the coming week or year; the coming exhibition. Welcome the coming, speed the parting, guest. Pope. Your coming days and years. Byron.

Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting. A low and becoming tone. Thackeray.

In a becoming manner.

The quality of being becoming, appropriate, or fit; congruity; fitness. The becomingness of human nature. Grew.

Ready or about to appear; making appearance.

Return home. Kepeth this child, al be it foul or fayr, And eek my wyf, unto myn hoom-cominge. Chaucer.

Coming in; accruing. A full incoming profit on the product of his labor. Burke.

The act of coming between; intervention; interference. [Obs.]

Unbecoming. Milton. -- Mis`be*com"ing*ly, adv. -- Mis`be*com"ing*ness, n. Boyle.

Conquering; subduing. -- O`ver*com"ing*ly, adv.

The act of falling, or coming short; as:

Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper. My grief lets unbecoming speeches fall. Dryden. -- Un`be*com"ing*ly, adv. -- Un`be*com"ing*ness, n.

t for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time. "I will abide the coming of my lord." Tennyson.

Coming to naught; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful; as, an abortive attempt. "An abortive enterprise." Prescott.

Capacity of being kindled, or of becoming inflamed; inflammability.

A coming to, or near approach; admittance; admission; accessibility; as, to gain access to a prince. I did repel his letters, and denied His access to me. Shak.

A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.

The process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, or habituated to a new climate; acclimatization.

Turning sour; readily becoming tart or acid; slightly sour. Faraday.

The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted, into vinegar.