GREATENING

Verb

greatening

present participle of greaten

Anagrams

• generating

Source: Wiktionary


GREATEN

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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