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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Greaten

· Great·en · IPA /ˈɡɹeɪtən/
01 v. t. To make great; to aggrandize; to cause to increase in size; to expand.
  1. 1.
    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.
02 v. i. To become large; to dilate.
  1. 1.
    To become large; to dilate.[R.]
    “My blue eyes greatening in the looking-glass.” — Mrs. Browning.