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 and 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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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