Word of the Day:
greaten
What It Means
To become great or large; increase; dilate.
To become great with child; become pregnant.
Greaten in Context
“No blushes! all my body's blood / Has gone to greaten this poor heart, / That, loving, we may part.”
Did You Know?
From Middle English gretnen (“to become great, be pregnant”), equivalent to great + -en.
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