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Definition of Became
1. become [v] - See also: become
Lexicographical Neighbors of Became
Literary usage of Became
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon (1921)
"THE ROMAN EMPIRE HOW THE REPUBLIC OF ROME AFTER CENTURIES OF UNREST AND REVOLUTION
became AN EMPIRE WHEN the Roman armies returned from these many ..."
2. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (1920)
"THE haggling business, which had mainly depended on the horse, became disorganized
forthwith. Distress, if not penury, loomed in the distance. ..."
3. Thucydides Translated Into English by Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides (1881)
"To the people at large the tyranny simply became more BC 514. pressive. oppressive,
and Hippias, after his brother's death living deposed in great fear, ..."