Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GREAT'EST, a.

Largest; most extensive or important.

GREAT'-HEART'ED, a.

High spirited; undejected. Clarendon.

GREAT'LY, adv.

1. In a great degree; much. I will greatly multiply thy sorrow. Gen. iii.
2. Nobly; illustriously. By a high fate, thou greatly didst expire. Dryden.
3. Magnanimously; generously; bravely. He greatly scorned to turn his back on his foe. He greatly spurned the offered boon.

GREAT'NESS, n.

1. Largeness of bulk, dimensions, number or quantity; as, the greatness of a mountain, of an edifice, of a multitude, or of a sum of money. With reference to solid bodies, however, we more generally use bulk, size, extent or magnitude than greatness; as, the bulk or size of the body; the extent of the ocean; the magnitude of the sun or of the earth.
2. Large amount; extent; as, the greatness of a reward.
3. High degree; as, the greatness of virtue or vice.
4. High rank or place; elevation; dignity; distinction; eminence; power; command. Farewell, a long farewell to all my greatness. Shak.
5. Swelling pride; affected state. It is not of pride or greatness that he cometh not aboard your ships. Bacon.
6. Magnanimity; elevation of sentiment; nobleness; as, greatness of mind. Virtue is the only solid basis of greatness. Rambler.
7. Strength or extent of intellectual faculties; as, the greatness of genius.
8. Large extent or variety; as, the greatness of a man's acquisitions.
9. Grandeur; pomp; magnificence. Greatness with Timon dwells in such a draught, / As brings all Brobdignag before your thought. Pope.
10. Force; intensity; as, the greatness of sound, of passion, heat, &c.

GREAVE, n. [for Grove and Groove. See Grove and Groove.]

Spenser.

GREAVES, n. [plur. greevz. Port. and Sp. grevas. In Fr. greve is the calf of the leg.]

Armor for the legs; a sort of boots. 1 Sam. xvii.

GREBE, n.

A fowl of the genus Colymbus and order of Ansers, of several species; as, the tippet-grebe, the horned grebe, the cared grebe or dab-chick. Encyc.

GRE'CIAN, a.

Pertaining to Greece.

GRE'CIAN, n.

1. A native of Greece. Also a Jew who understood Greek. Acts vi.
2. One well versed in the Greek language.

GRE'CIAN-FIRE, n. [See GREEK-FIRE.]

GRE'CISM, n. [L. græcismus.]

An idiom of the Greek language. Addison.

GRE'CIZE, or GRE'CIAN-IZE, v.i.

To speak the Greek language.

GRE'CIZE, v.t.

1. To render Grecian.
2. To translate into Greek.

GRE'CIZ-ED, pp.

Rendered Greek.

GRE'CIZ-ING, ppr.

Rendering Greek.

GREE, n. [Fr. gré. See Agree.]

1. Good will. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. Step; rank; degree. [See Degree.] [Obs.] Spenser.

GREE, v.i.

To agree. [Obs.] [See Agree.]

GREECE, n. [W. gràz; L. gressus. It ought to be written grese, but it is entirely obsolete.]

A flight of steps. Bacon.

GREED, n.

Greediness. [Obs.] Graham.

GREED'I-LY, adv. [See Greedy.]

1. With a keen appetite for food or drink; voraciously; ravenously; as, to eat or swallow greedily.
2. With keen or ardent desire; eagerly. Jude 11.

GREED'I-NESS, n.

1. Keenness of appetite for food or drink; ravenousness; voracity. Fox in stealth, wolf in greediness. Shak.
2. Ardent desire.

GREED'Y, a. [Sax. grædig; D. greetig; Goth. gredags, from gredon, to hunger. It agrees in elements with L. gradior, and probably signifies reaching forward.]

1. Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey. Ps. xvii.
2. Having a keen desire of any thing; eager to obtain; as, greedy of gain.

GREEK, a.

Pertaining to Greece. [See Gray.]

GREEK, n.

1. A native of Greece.
2. The language of Greece.

GREEK'ESS, n.

A female Greek. Taylor.