greaten Meaning, Definition & Usage

Great"en transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make great; to aggrandize; to cause to increase in size; to expand. R.
    A minister's [business] is to greaten and exalt [his king]. Ken.
Great"en intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To become large; to dilate. R.
    My blue eyes greatening in the looking-glass. Mrs. Browning.

Webster 1913