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1.
grēt
adj. & adv. & n.
696 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) Large in size or quantity, big;
gret and smal
, large and small, all;
gret ne smal
, big or little, of no kind;
althergrettest
, largest of all [cp.
alder-
pref.];
gret belle
, large bell; (b) much…
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