Great

grāt, adj. large: long continued: superior: distinguished: highly gifted: noble: mighty: sublime: of high rank: chief: proud, arrogant: weighty: difficult: important: pregnant, teeming: indicating one degree more remote in the direct line of descent, as Great′-grand′father , Great′-grand′son .— adj. Great′-bel′lied ( Shak. ), pregnant.— n. Great′coat , an overcoat.— v.t. Great′en ( Browning ), to make great.— v.i. to become great.— ns. Great′-grand′child , the child of a grandchild; Great′-grand′mother , the mother of a grand-parent.— adj. Great′-heart′ed , having a great or noble heart: high-spirited: noble.— adv. Great′ly .— ns. Great′ne ; Great′-prim′er (see Primer ); Greats , the final examination in the Honours Schools at Oxford, .; Great′-un′cle , usually grand-uncle, a grandfather's or grandmother's brother.— Great Dane , one of a breed of large close-haired dogs from Denmark, a boar-hound; Great Powers , the chief countries of Europe—France, Germany, Ru ia, Great Britain, Austro-Hungary; Great schism , the division between the Latin and Greek Churches, begun in the 9th century, and culminating in 1054; Great Sea , the Mediterranean; Great unwashed , an absurd term sometimes applied to the working cla es generally.— Greater Britain , the whole colonial empire of Great Britain.— The great , people of rank. [A.S. greát ; Dut. groot , Ger. gro ; perh. allied to grand , gro , grow .]