Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Great (-er)
great (-er), adj. [OE.] (webplay: Creator, crowd, deep, distinguished, extended, father, God, house, Jehovah, large, length, live, long, looks, love, matter, mind, men, more, name, nothing, pain, power, proud, right, road, same, sin, soul, term, vast, walk, wealth, while, word).
- Distinguished by rank, office or power.
- Large, as in size, a comparison denoting more magnitude or extension than something else, or beyond what is usual.
- Expressing a large extensive or unusual degree of anything.
- Chief; of vast power and excellence; supreme; illustrious.
- Being of extended length or breadth.
- Vast; extensive; wonderful; admirable.
- Important; weighty.
- Part of a proper name.
- That or those of greater size, importance, eminence, etc.
- Filled to overflowing; pregnant.
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