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Webster 1913 Edition
Grand
Grand
(grănd)
, Adj.
[
Com
par.
Grander
(grănd′ẽr)
; sup
erl.
Grandest
.] [OE.
grant
, grount
, OF. grant
, F. grand
, fr. L. grandis
; perh. akin to gravis heavy, E. grave
, a. Cf. Grandee
.] 1.
Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal;
“Our grand foe, Satan.” as, a
grand
mountain; a grand
army; a grand
mistake. Milton.
Making so bold . . . to unseal
Their
Their
grand
commission. Shakespeare
2.
Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignifled, or noble (said of persons); majestic, splendid, magnificent, or sublime (said of things);
as, a
grand
monarch; a grand
lord; a grand
general; a grand
view; a grand
conception.They are the highest models of expression, the unapproached
masters of the
masters of the
grand
style. M. Arnold.
3.
Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name;
as, a
grand
lodge; a grand
vizier; a grand
piano, etc.4.
Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent; – generalIy used in composition;
as, grandfather, grandson, grandchild, etc.
What cause
Mov’d our
Favor'd of Heaven so highly, to fall off
From their Creator.
Mov’d our
grand
parents, in that happy state,Favor'd of Heaven so highly, to fall off
From their Creator.
Milton.
Syn. – Magnificent; sublime; majestic; dignified; elevated; stately; august; pompous; lofty; eralted; noble.
– Grand, Magnificent, Sublime. Grand, in reference to objects of taste, is applied to that which expands the mind by a sense of vastness and majesty; magnificent is applied to anything which is imposing from its splendor; sublime describes that which is awful and elevating. A cataract is grand; a rich and varied landscape is magnificent; an overhanging precipice is sublime. “Grandeur admits of degrees and modifications; but magnificence is that which has already reached the highest degree of superiority naturally belonging to the object in question.”
Crabb.
Webster 1828 Edition
Grand
GRAND
,Adj.
1.
Great; but mostly in a figurative sense; illustrious; high in power or dignity; as a grand lord.2.
Great; splendid; magnificent; as a grand design; a grand parade; a grand view or prospect.3.
Great; principal; chief; as Satan our grand foe.4.
Noble; sublime; lofty; conceived or expressed with great dignity; as a grand conception.In general, we apply the epithet grand to that which is great and elevated, or which elevates and expands our ideas. The ocean,the sky, a lofty tower are grand objects. But to constitute a thing grand, it seems necessary that it should be distinguished by some degree of beauty.
5.
Old; more advanced; as in grandfather, grandmother, that is, old-father; and to correspond with this relation, we use grandson, granddaughter, grandchild.