"greaten" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɡɹeɪtən/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-greaten.wav [Southern-England] Forms: greatens [present, singular, third-person], greatening [participle, present], greatened [participle, past], greatened [past]
Etymology: From Middle English gretnen (“to become great, be pregnant”), equivalent to great + -en. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gretnen|t=to become great, be pregnant}} Middle English gretnen (“to become great, be pregnant”), {{af|en|great|-en|id2=inchoative}} great + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} greaten (third-person singular simple present greatens, present participle greatening, simple past and past participle greatened)
  1. (intransitive) To become great or large; increase; dilate. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-greaten-en-verb-CzehjAZC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 27 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative): 32 35 33
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To become great with child; become pregnant. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-greaten-en-verb-wrJy3C4h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 27 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative): 32 35 33
  3. (transitive) To make great; magnify; enlarge; increase. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-greaten-en-verb-0YbrocWd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 27 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative): 32 35 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: engreaten

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To make great; magnify; enlarge; increase."
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