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Definition of Greatens
1. greaten [v] - See also: greaten
Lexicographical Neighbors of Greatens
Literary usage of Greatens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sacred Classics: Or, Cabinet Library of Divinity by Henry Stebbing, Richard Cattermole (1835)
"The word itself, indeed, properly taken, and according to its just extent, mightily
greatens him ; ' Primate Usher's judgment may be seen in his Answer to ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Being committed against an infinit« majesty, it (sin) greatens, and rises to the
height of an infinite demerit South, Sermons, ..."
3. Appreciation of Literature by George Edward Woodberry (1921)
"plain while they were of an aristocratic stamp, he greatens over them in the
popular mind as age greatens over youth; but it was these companions who were ..."
4. To the End of the Trail by Richard Hovey (1908)
"HURT ME HURT mel For your dear sake I could be driven With whips of scorpions,
and smile at Fate. Hurt me! It greatens me—it ..."
5. To the End of the Trail by Richard Hovey (1908)
"HURT ME HURT me! For your dear sake I could be driven With whips of scorpions,
and smile at Fate. Hurt me! It greatens me—it ..."
6. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons by Theodore Parker (1867)
"The chief object of desire is not always the same in the course of a nation's
history. A nation now greatens the centripetal power, strengthening the king ..."
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