† ingreatv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To make great, to magnify.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > exaltation or glorification > exalt or glorify [verb (transitive)]
heavec825
higheOE
brightenOE
clarifya1340
glorifya1340
enhancec1374
stellifyc1384
biga1400
exalt?a1400
raisea1400
shrinea1400
to bear up?a1425
enhighc1440
erect?a1475
assumec1503
amount1523
dignifya1530
to set up1535
extol1545
enthronize1547
augment1567
sublimate?1567
sublime1568
assumptc1571
begoda1576
royalize1589
suscitate1598
swell1601
consecrate1605
realize1611
reara1616
sphere1615
ingreata1620
superexalta1626
soara1627
ascend1628
rise1628
embroider1629
apotheose1632
grandize1640
engreaten1641
engrandizea1652
mount1651
intronificate1653
magnificent1656
superposit1661
grandify1665
heroify1677
apotheosize1695
enthrone1699
aggrandize1702
pantheonize1801
hoist1814
princify1847
queen1880
heroize1887
a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. i. §3. 174 There is, in all things, a desire to dilate, and to ingreat themselues.
1627 Abp. G. Abbot in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) 455 As some are gentle and benign, so some others, to ingreat themselves, might strain more then the string will bear.
a1629 C. Cornwallis Disc. Prince Henry (1641) 7 I ever after..found my selfe exceedingly engreated in his favour.
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