disbecome

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ become

Verb

disbecome (third-person singular simple present disbecomes, present participle disbecoming, simple past disbecame, past participle disbecome)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To misbecome; to fail to suit; to be unfitting.
   • 1619, Philip Massinger, Nathan Field, The Fatal Dowry:

     be careful
     That your compassion of my age, nor his,
     Move you to any thing that may disbecome
     The place on which you sit

References

• “disbecome”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.