fra: devenir

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Meaning
means	(verb) change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change; "The substance converts to an acid" convert
means	(verb) receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions" incur, get, receive, find, obtain
means	(verb) undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor" become, turn
means	(verb) progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting" go, move, run
means	(verb) become attached by or as if by the process of growth; "The tree trunks had grown together" grow
means	(verb) undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" turn, change state
means	(verb) be cast down; "his eyes fell" fall
means	(verb) stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" fail, give out, break, go bad, conk out, die, go, give way, break down
means	(verb) change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern" turn, change by reversal, reverse
means	(verb) assume a disappointed or sad expression; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell" fall
means	(verb) pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" turn, grow
means	(verb) grow emotionally or mature; "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"; "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior" develop, grow
means	(verb) decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" fall, decrease, diminish, lessen
means	(verb) enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!" go, become, get
means	(verb) come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" produce, acquire, grow, get, develop
means	(verb) come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" fall out, come about, take place, go on, occur, pass off, happen, pass, hap
means	(verb) come into being; become reality; "Her dream really materialized" materialize, materialise, happen
means	(verb) change from one form into another; "make water into wine"; "make lead into gold"; "make clay into bricks" make
means	(verb) come into existence; "What becomes has duration" become
means	(verb) become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?" betide, bechance, befall
means	(verb) cause to adopt a new or different faith; "The missionaries converted the Indian population" convert
means	(verb) happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" (Santayana) bechance, happen, befall
means	(verb) finally be or do something; "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again" finish up, end up, land up, finish, wind up, fetch up
means	(verb) pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work" fall
means	(verb) go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out" work, sour, turn, ferment

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