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Definition of Greaten
1. v. t. To make great; to aggrandize; to cause to increase in size; to expand.
2. v. i. To become large; to dilate.
Definition of Greaten
1. Verb. (intransitive) To become great or large; increase; dilate. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive obsolete) To become great with child; become pregnant. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To make great; magnify; enlarge; increase. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Greaten
1. to make greater [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: greater
Lexicographical Neighbors of Greaten
Literary usage of Greaten
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Augment, enlarge, greaten, make greater, make larger. Indecency, n. I. Indecorum,
impropriety, unseemliness, offensiveness, outrageousness. 2. ..."
2. The Complete Works of Thomas Brooks. Ed. by Thomas Brooks, Alexander Balloch Grosart (1866)
"the earth is, By working them to make it their business to seek themselves, to
seek how to greaten themselves, ..."
3. The Other Invisible Hand: Remaking Charity for the 21st Century by Geoff Mulgan, Charles Landry (1995)
"Cleanly, the greaten the ‘ownership' nights that a ... the greaten the risk they
are exposed to, and the greaten the rewards they may gain from the success ..."
4. Agropolis: The Social, Political and Environmental Dimensions of Urban by Luc J. A. Mougeot (2005)
"Fieldwork took place in greaten ... collection involved interviews with the owners
of UA enterprises in greaten ... Urban agriculture activities in greaten ..."
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