greaten
/greyt-n/US // ˈgreɪt n //UK // (ˈɡreɪtən) //
扩增,巨大的,扩容,巨大化
Definitions
v.有主动词 verb
- 1
- : to make greater; enlarge; increase.
v.无主动词 verb
- 1
- : to become greater.
Examples
I have done thee indeed this service, as to promote thee to honour, and to greaten thy liberty; but, alas!
We love to think that Alfred's wars were not to greaten himself, but to set his country free.
Which doth not therefore mitigate, but so much the more greaten and make odious the offence.
Now some of the things which Alfred did were these: in national affairs he tried to rescue, defend, unify, and greaten England.
Eternal God, I thank thee for all the sterling elements that greaten the individual life.
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