(copulative) begin to be; turn into. / (copulative) To come about; happen; come into being; arise. / (transitive) To be proper for; to beseem.

(Norfolk, Northern English dialect) A stream or small river.

A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, especially as a call or command.

(archaic) To nod or motion with the head.

A vat.

Obsolete form of beak.

(transitive, obsolete) To make calm or still; make quiet; calm. / (transitive, nautical) To deprive (a ship) of wind, so that it cannot move (usually in passive).

Summons and control, in a position of servitude or as an attendant.

A surname.

present participle of become