Definition of "greatened" [greatened]

• Simple past tense and past participle of greaten. (verb)

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• "How often had we talked large (we were very young!) of our sublimities and potentialities, how often had we pictured tragedies of sur render and greatened in the speaking!"
• "They were good blankets, of most marvellous thickness and warmth, and her pride in them was greatened in that they had been come by so cheaply."
• "Then he greatened his turband172 and sat down at the door of the school; and when the people, who passed by, saw his huge head-gear and tablets and scrolls, they thought he must be a very learned pedagogue; so they brought him their children; and he would say to this, “Write,” and to that “Read”; and thus the little ones taught each other."