| 单词 |
biggen |
| 释义 |
biggen, v. Obs. exc. dial.|ˈbɪg(ə)n|
[f. big a. + -en2. Perh. sense 3 was the earliest.]
1. trans. To make big; to increase, enlarge.
1643Tuckney Balm of G. 35 Our sinnes..are very great, and if circumstances can biggen them, of the largest size. 1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 185 Those things feed and biggen us. 1862M. L. Charlesworth Minist. Children ii. 22, I can biggen them a bit when they get too small.
2. intr. To become big, to increase in size.
1649W. Blithe Eng. Improv. Impr. (1652) 53 All waters biggen the further they run. 1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 127 Some bigning or growing. 1701Steele Chr. Hero (1711) 45 His great heart..rose and biggened in proportion to any growing danger that threatened him. 1830Galt Laurie T. v. vii. (1849) 222 My heart biggened in my bosom.
†3. To recover strength after confinement. dial. Obs. Cf. big a. 1. Hence ˈbiggening vbl. n.
1674Ray N.C. Wds. 6, I wish you a good biggening. 1721Bailey, Biggenning, the Up-rising of Women after Child-Birth. Country Word. |
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