Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to greaten
Participle: greatened
Gerund: greatening
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | greaten |
| you | greaten |
| he;she;it | greatens |
| we | greaten |
| you | greaten |
| they | greaten |
Perfect
| I | have greatened |
| you | have greatened |
| he;she;it | has greatened |
| we | have greatened |
| you | have greatened |
| they | have greatened |
Past
| I | greatened |
| you | greatened |
| he;she;it | greatened |
| we | greatened |
| you | greatened |
| they | greatened |
Pluperfect
| I | had greatened |
| you | had greatened |
| he;she;it | had greatened |
| we | had greatened |
| you | had greatened |
| they | had greatened |
Future
| I | will greaten |
| you | will greaten |
| he;she;it | will greaten |
| we | will greaten |
| you | will greaten |
| they | will greaten |
Future Perfect
| I | will have greatened |
| you | will have greatened |
| he;she;it | will have greatened |
| we | will have greatened |
| you | will have greatened |
| they | will have greatened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | greaten |
| you | greaten |
| he;she;it | greaten |
| we | greaten |
| you | greaten |
| they | greaten |
Perfect
| I | have greatened |
| you | have greatened |
| he;she;it | have greatened |
| we | have greatened |
| you | have greatened |
| they | have greatened |
Imperfect
| I | greatened |
| you | greatened |
| he;she;it | greatened |
| we | greatened |
| you | greatened |
| they | greatened |
Pluperfect
| I | had greatened |
| you | had greatened |
| he;she;it | had greatened |
| we | had greatened |
| you | had greatened |
| they | had greatened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would greaten |
| you | would greaten |
| he;she;it | would greaten |
| we | would greaten |
| you | would greaten |
| they | would greaten |
Perfect
| I | would have greatened |
| you | would have greatened |
| he;she;it | would have greatened |
| we | would have greatened |
| you | would have greatened |
| they | would have greatened |
Imperative
| you | greaten |
| we | Let's greaten |
| you | greaten |
Verbs conjugated like 'greaten'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'greaten'
greasen,
create,
dreaden,
engreaten,
gracen,
grate,
graven,
grayen,
grease,
greave,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- enlarge
- augment, grow, expand, increase, swell, stretch, extend, dilate
Antonyms
- enlarge
- decrease, abridge, compress, condense
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English gretnen (“to become great, be pregnant”), equivalent to great + -en.
Sample Sentences
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one studies how how to please his prince, the other how to greaten and secure him. [1685, Thomas Ken, sermon preached […] at Whitehall:]
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No blushes! all my body's blood / Has gone to greaten this poor heart, / That, loving, we may part. [1860, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Parting Lovers:]