Definition of great

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Great (superl.) More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain..

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Liberal :: Liberal (n.) One who favors greater freedom in political or religious matters; an opponent of the established systems; a reformer; in English politics, a member of the Liberal party, so called. Cf. Whig..
Great-bellied :: Great-bellied (a.) Having a great belly; bigbellied; pregnant; teeming.
Big :: Big (superl.) Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a big heart; a big voice; big looks; to look big. As applied to looks, it indicates haughtiness or pride..
Leeboard :: Leeboard (n.) A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a vessel to lessen her leeway when closehauled, by giving her greater draught..
Octaemeron :: Octaemeron (n.) A fast of eight days before a great festival.
Pseudo-dipteral :: Pseudo-dipteral (a.) Falsely or imperfectly dipteral, as a temple with the inner range of columns surrounding the cella omitted, so that the space between the cella wall and the columns is very great, being equal to two intercolumns and one column..
Aggrandize :: Aggrandize (v. t.) To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress..
Butchery :: Butchery (n.) Murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter..
Epidemical :: Epidemical (a.) Spreading widely, or generally prevailing; affecting great numbers, as an epidemic does; as, epidemic rage; an epidemic evil..
Immense :: Immense (a.) Immeasurable; unlimited. In commonest use: Very great; vast; huge.
Delight :: Delight (v. t.) To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony delights the ear..
Belly-god :: Belly-god (n.) One whose great pleasure it is to gratify his appetite; a glutton; an epicure.
Fall :: Fall (n.) Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office; termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin; overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire..
Cosmical :: Cosmical (a.) Characteristic of the cosmos or universe; inconceivably great; vast; as, cosmic speed..
Seeker :: Seeker (n.) One of a small heterogeneous sect of the 17th century, in Great Britain, who professed to be seeking the true church, ministry, and sacraments..
Peck :: Peck (n.) A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
Ether :: Ether (n.) A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, supposed to pervade all space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and to be the medium of transmission of light and heat; hence often called luminiferous ether..
Condensation :: Condensation (n.) A rearrangement or concentration of the different constituents of one or more substances into a distinct and definite compound of greater complexity and molecular weight, often resulting in an increase of density, as the condensation of oxygen into ozone, or of acetone into mesitylene..
Extensional :: Extensional (a.) Having great extent.
Wanderoo :: Wanderoo (n.) A large monkey (Macacus silenus) native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also maha, silenus, neelbhunder, lion-tailed baboon, and great wanderoo..
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