greaten
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of greaten
Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at great, -en 1
Example Sentences
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The persons upon the stage, let us say, greaten till they are humanity itself.
From The Cutting of an Agate by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
Which doth not therefore mitigate, but so much the more greaten, and make odious the offence.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by John Bunyan
As the tree has but one basic urge—to grow and greaten; the flower but one desire—to bloom, to improve; to assert itself through evolution and become better.
From The Beasts in the Void by Paul W. Fairman
Then do I greaten with the pride of life.
From The Kempton-Wace Letters by Jack London
A name Whose fame 't were hard to greaten, and that lays On him who bears it a great obligation.
From Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions by William Dean Howells
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