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biggening

biggening is the present participle and gerund of biggen.

Meaning of biggen

Verb

biggen (third-person singular simple present biggens, present participle biggening, simple past and past participle biggened)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To make bigger
    • Our spirits, biggened by their griefs and fears, Sadden and dwindle, with their backward view, All they behold.1837, Ebenezer Elliott, “Rhymed Rambles”, in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, page 89

Questions about biggening

What is biggening the present participle and gerund of?
Biggening is the present participle and gerund of biggen.

Words near biggening in the dictionary

  1. bigge
  2. bigged
  3. bigged up
  4. biggen
  5. biggened
  6. biggening
  7. biggens
  8. bigger
  9. bigger fish in the sea
  10. bigger fish to fry
  11. bigger picture

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