greaten

/ˈɡɹeɪtən/

verb 3

Collocations

ADJ.

other, poor, secure

VERB + GREATEN

gone

GREATEN + NOUN

heart

verb

To become great or large; increase; dilate.

To become great with child; become pregnant.

To make great; magnify; enlarge; increase.

one studies how how to please his prince, the other how to greaten and secure him.

No blushes! all my body's blood / Has gone to greaten this poor heart, / That, loving, we may part.

one studies how how to please his prince, the other how to greaten and secure him.

Wiktionary

No blushes! all my body's blood / Has gone to greaten this poor heart, / That, loving, we may part.

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