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Webster 1913 Edition


Greaten

Great′en

,
Verb.
T.
To make great; to aggrandize; to cause to increase in size; to expand.
[R.]
A minister’s [business] is to
greaten
and exalt [his king].
Ken.

Great′en

,
Verb.
I.
To become large; to dilate.
[R.]
My blue eyes
greatening
in the looking-glass.
Mrs. Browning.

Webster 1828 Edition


Greaten

GREATEN

,
Verb.
T.
To enlarge.

Definition 2024


greaten

greaten

English

Verb

greaten (third-person singular simple present greatens, present participle greatening, simple past and past participle greatened)

  1. (intransitive) To become great or large; increase; dilate.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To become great with child; become pregnant.
  3. (transitive) To make great; magnify; enlarge; increase.
    • Ken
      A favourite's business is to please his king, a minister's to greaten and exalt him.

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