greatbornt (gratborn)

Nobly descended. Drayton. greatcoat (grat'kōt), n. An overcoat; a topcoat. [Eng.] Tom prattled away while he worked himself into his shoes and his great - coat, well warmed through; a Petersham coat with velvet collar, made tight after the abominable fashion of those days. T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Rugby, i. 4. greaten (grāʼtn), v . [ Being committed against an infinite majesty, it [sin] greatens , and rises to the height of an infinite demerit. South , Sermons, X. 336. Life greatens in these later years, The century's aloe flowers to-day! Whittier , Snow-Bound. IMG:content-2634.png:[blocks in formation] The City was on fire, nobody knowing which way to turn themselves, while every thing concurred to greaten the fire. Pepys, Diary, III. 155. Even the best things, and most worthy of our esteem, do not always employ and detain our thoughts, in proportion to their real value, unle they be set off and greatened by some outward circumstances. Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, II. xxi. The grace of Christ in the spirit enlightens and enlivens the spirit, purifies and preserves the spirit, greatens and guides the spirit. M. Henry , Philip Henry, ix.