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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. 1
    • : to make greater; enlarge; increase.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 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.