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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.
Definition 2024
greaten
greaten
English
Verb
greaten (third-person singular simple present greatens, present participle greatening, simple past and past participle greatened)
- (intransitive) To become great or large; increase; dilate.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To become great with child; become pregnant.
- (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.
- Ken