Citations:engreaten

English citations of engreaten

1. Make great.
   • 1822: Jeremy Taylor & Reginald Heber, The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor: With a Life of the Author and a Critical Examination of His Writings, CHAP. III. — All Sublunary Things are contemptible, and of no Value, p426

     THE things of this world, throught their vanity, which swells and blows them up, seems to extend and engreaten them; yet they are in themselves contemptible and little; those things which seem to make the greatest noise, are honour, fame, and renown; we shall see how narrow they are; and hear one who was placed in the highest degree of glory and dignity in the whole world, since he was lord of it, the emperor Marcus Antoninus, who speaks in this manner: Perhaps thou art solicitous of honour; behold how quickly oblivion blots out all things; behold a chaos of eternity both before and after!

   • 2005: “JIM (User:hannigan_rex)”, hannigan_rex: I are tetarded, on the 8^th day of December at 1:44pm

     I would greatly appreciate it if you could perform your magic and engreaten (to make greater) my life on Nerd Night this coming Nerd Night.

   • 2006: “…aaronius…”, The Royal Society of the Powdered Wig (Google group): Calling All Wigs‼, on the 20^th day of June at 9:32am

     It is MOST encouraged that all wigs capable of attending these sessions do so, for it will greatly engreaten the greatness of our dubiousness on the playa‼