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Thesaurus: greaten

To make great; to aggrandize; to cause to increase in size; to expand.

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  1. v. t. To make great; to aggrandize; to cause to increase in size; to expand.
  2. v. i. To become large; to dilate.
  3. 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. To become large; to dilate. [R.] My blue eyes greatening in the looking-glass. Mrs. Browning.
  4. To make great; to aggrandize; to cause to increase in size; toexpand. [R.]A minister's [business] is to greaten and exalt [his king]. Ken.
  5. v. t. To make great; to aggrandize; to cause to increase in size; to expand. v. i. To become large; to dilate.