Definition of Greatening

1. Verb. (present participle of greaten) ¹

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Definition of Greatening

1. greaten [v] - See also: greaten

Lexicographical Neighbors of Greatening

great vein of Galen
great vessels
great white heron
great white hope
great white shark
great white sharks
great year
great yellow gentian
great yellowcress
greatcoat
greatcoated
greatcoats
greate
greaten
greatened
greatening (current term)
greatens
greater
greater alar cartilage
greater alar cartilages
greater argentine
greater argonaut
greater arterial circle of iris
greater bamboo lemur
greater bamboo lemurs
greater bilby
greater burdock
greater celandine
greater circulation

Literary usage of Greatening

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke, John Smith (1867)
"... controllings but your Lordship's, I shall, my Lord, without the least greatening or lessening the matter, do my duty in laying it shortly before you. ..."

2. The Kindergarten: Reports of the Committee of Nineteen on the Theory and by International Kindergarten Union Committee of Nineteen (1913)
"... if this suggestion is reinforced by primitive myths; if science has truly interpreted the intimations of nature; and if, above all, an ever-greatening ..."

3. God, the Creator and Lord of All by Samuel Harris (1896)
"But the wonder of knowledge is greater than the wonder of ignorance. It is the presence of mystery, ever greatening in the background of our ever ..."

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