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# becomest

verb, old form used with thou

«becomest» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

«becomest» means «you become», a form of «become»: To become is to start to be something. A seed becomes a plant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/becomest/#m1)

### Then and now

Only the ending is old: -est or -st was the ending used with thou, which today is you with no ending: «thou becomest» = «you become».

### Examples

- Poor child! thy friend's bridal chamber is a black coffin, and thou becomest an old maid. (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/becomest/#x1)

### Note

Today: you become.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «becomest» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/becomest/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«becomest» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/becomest.html) on Mova free.