Greaten \Great"en\, v. t. To make great; to aggrandize; to cause to increase in size; to expand. [R.] A minister's [business] is to greaten and exalt [his king]. --Ken. Greaten \Great"en\, v. i. To become large; to dilate. [R.] My blue eyes greatening in the looking-glass. --Mrs. Browning.