greaten
English
/ˈɡɹeɪtə̆n/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To become great or large; increase; dilate.
- (intransitive) To become great with child; become pregnant.
- (transitive) To make great; magnify; enlarge; increase.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English gretnen (become great, be pregnant) affix from English great.
Origin
English
great
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Great Britain English
- child-great English
- great English
- great grandmaster English
- great great great grandfather English
- great great great grandmother English
- great-great-grandchild English
- great-great-grandfather English
- great-great-grandma English
- great-great-grandmother English
- great-great-grandparent English
- great-great-grandson English
- great-hearted English
- greatcoat English
- greathearted English
- greatly English
- greatness English
- greatsome English
- greatsword English
- nongreat English
- overgreat English
- ungreat English
- grēat Old English
- greet Middle English
- gretnen Middle English
- grêt Welsh
- great
- ungreat
- greatly
- nongreat
- greatness
- greatsome
- greatcoat
- overgreat
- greatsword
- child-great
- greathearted
- Great Britain
- great-hearted
- great grandmaster
- great-great-grandma
- great-great-grandson
- great-great-grandchild
- great-great-grandfather
- great-great-grandmother
- great-great-grandparent
- great great great grandfather
- great great great grandmother