a.
He doth object I am too great of birth. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The ewes great with young. Ps. lxxviii. 71. [ 1913 Webster ]
We have all
Great cause to give great thanks. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Great bear (Astron.),
Great cattle (Law),
Great charter (Eng. Hist.),
Great circle of a sphere,
Great circle sailing,
Great go,
Great guns. (Naut.)
The Great Lakes
Great master.
Great organ (Mus.),
The great powers (of Europe),
Great primer.
Great scale (Mus.),
Great sea,
Great seal.
Great tithes.
The great,
The Great Spirit,
To be great (with one),
n. The whole; the gross;
a. Having a great belly; bigbellied; pregnant; teeming. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An overcoat. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To make great; to aggrandize; to cause to increase in size; to expand. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
A minister's [ business ] is to greaten and exalt [ his king ]. Ken. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To become large; to dilate. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
My blue eyes greatening in the looking-glass. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. [ superl. of great. ]
n. The child of one's grandson or granddaughter. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Great, 10. ] A daughter of one's grandson or granddaughter. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Great, 10. ] The father of one's grandfather or grandmother. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Great, 10. ] A son of one's grandson or granddaughter. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
n. The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness; magnanimity. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv.
I will greatly multiply thy sorrow. Gen. iii. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]
By a high fate thou greatly didst expire. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a son of a niece or nephew.
n. [ AS. greátnes. ]
It is not of pride or greatness that he cometh not aboard your ships. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a daughter of one's niece or nephew.
n. an uncle of one's father or mother.
. a large shark (Carcharodon carcharias, class
. Broadway, in New York City, in the neighborhood chiefly occupied by theaters, as from about 30th Street to about 50th Street; -- so called from its brilliant illumination at night. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
v. t. To make great; to enlarge; to magnify. [ Obs. ] Fotherby.
a. Too great. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Excessive greatness. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having the circumference of a tun. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]