Webster's Dictionary 1913

2701

Great-grandfather

Great″–grand″fa′ther (?), n. [See Great, 10.] The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.

2702

Great-grandmother

Great″–grand″moth′er (?), n. The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother.

2703

Great-grandson

Great″–grand″son′ (?), n. [See Great, 10.] A son of one's grandson or granddaughter.

2704

Great-hearted

Great″–heart′ed (?), a. 1. High-spirited; fearless. Clarendon.2. Generous; magnanimous; noble.

2705

Great-heartedness

Great″–heart′ed‐ness, n. The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness; magnanimity.

2706

Greatcoat

Great″coat″ (?), n. An overcoat.

2707

Greaten

Great″en (?), v. t. To make great; to aggrandize; to cause to increase in size; to expand.A minister's is to greaten and exalt. Ken.

2708

Greaten (2)

Great″en, v. i. To become large; to dilate.My blue eyes greatening in the looking-glass. Mrs. Browning.

2709

Greatly

Great″ly, adv. 1. In a great degree; much.I will greatly multiply thy sorrow. Gen. iii. 16.2. Nobly; illustriously; magnanimously.By a high fate thou greatly didst expire. Dryden.

2710

Greatness

Great″ness, n. [AS. greátnes.] 1. The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc.2. Pride; haughtiness.It is not of pride ...

2711

Greave

Greave (?), n. A grove. Spenser.

2712

Greave (2)

Greave, n. [OF. grees; cf. Sp. grevas.] Armor for the leg below the knee; — usually in the plural.

2713

Greave (3)

Greave, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Greaved (grēvd); p. pr. & vb. n.Greaving.] [From Greaves.] (Naut.) To clean (a ship's bottom); to grave.

2714

Greaves

Greaves (grēvz), n. pl. [Cf. dial. Sw. grevar greaves, LG. greven, G. griebe, also AS. greofa pot. Cf. Gravy.] The sediment of melted tallow. It is made into cakes for dogs' foo...

2715

Grebe

Grebe (grēb), n. [F. grèbe, fr. Armor. krib comb; akin to kriben crest, W. crib comb, crest. So called in allusion to the crest of one species.] (Zoöl.) One of several swimming ...

2716

Grecian

Gre″cian″ (?), a. [Cf. Greek.] Of or pertaining to Greece; Greek.Grecian bend, among women, an affected carriage of the body, the upper part being inclined forward. — Grecian fi...

2717

Grecian (2)

Gre″cian, n. 1. A native or naturalized inhabitant of Greece; a Greek.2. A jew who spoke Greek; a Hellenist. Acts vi. 1.☞ The Greek word rendered Grecian in the Authorized Versi...

2718

Grecism

Gre″cism (?), n. [Cf. F. grécisme.] An idiom of the Greek language; a Hellenism. Addison.

2719

Grecize

Gre″cize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Grecized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Grecizing.] [Cf. F. gréciser.] 1. To render Grecian; also, to cause (a word or phrase in another language) to take ...

2720

Grecize (2)

Gre″cize, Gre″cian‐ize (�), v. i. To conform to the Greek custom, especially in speech.

2721

Greco-Roman

Gre″co–Ro″man (?), a. Having characteristics that are partly Greek and partly Roman; as, Greco-Roman architecture.

2722

Grecque

‖Grecque (grĕk), n. An ornament supposed to be of Greek origin, esp. a fret or meander.

2723

Gree

Gree (?), n. [F. gré. See Grateful, and cf. Agree.] 1. Good will; favor; pleasure; satisfaction; — used esp. in such phrases as: to take in gree; to accept in gree; that is, to ...

2724

Gree (2)

Gree, v. i. [From Agree.] To agree. Fuller.

2725

Gree (3)

Gree, n.; pl.Grees (grēz); obs. plurals Greece (grēs) Grice (grīs or grēs), Grise, Grize (grīz or grēz), etc. [OF. gré, F. grade. See Grade.] A step.

2726

Greece

Greece (?), n. pl. See Gree a step.

2727

Greed

Greed (grēd″), n. [Akin to Goth. grēdus hunger, Icel. grāðr. √34. See Greedy.] An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain.