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Greaten

//ˈɡɹeɪtən// verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To become great or large; increase; dilate. intransitive
  2. 2
    To become great with child; become pregnant. intransitive, obsolete
  3. 3
    To make great; magnify; enlarge; increase. transitive

    "one studies how how to please his prince, the other how to greaten and secure him."

Etymology

From Middle English gretnen (“to become great, be pregnant”), equivalent to great + -en.

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