GREATEN

Etymology

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.

Antonyms

• decrease, lessen

Anagrams

• grantee, negater, reagent, rentage, reägent

Source: Wiktionary


Great"en, v. t.

Definition: 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, v. i.

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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