[UN-1 14: cf. UNBECOMING ppl. a.] trans. To fail to become or suit; to be unbecoming to.
1628. Abp. Williams, Serm., 8. It doth not vnbecome fortunate men to swell a little.
1653. Shirley, Court Secret, II. i. It will not unbecome your royal justice To let me know his crime.
1679. Penn, Addr. Prot., II. vi. (1692), 221. They draw to Strife,… Hatred and Persecutions, which unbecome the Man of God.
1716. M. Davies, Athen. Brit., III. Ded. A j b. I thought it did not unbecome me … to pay and raise such Tribute of Loyalty and Gratitude as lay in my Power.
1893. Yeats, Celtic Twilight, p. x. I too have woven my garment like another, but I shall try to keep warm in it, and shall be well content if it do not unbecome me.
