Definition of great

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Great (superl.) Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval..

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Cosmical :: Cosmical (a.) Characteristic of the cosmos or universe; inconceivably great; vast; as, cosmic speed..
Struggle :: Struggle (n.) Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an evil..
Infinity :: Infinity (n.) Endless or indefinite number; great multitude; as an infinity of beauties.
Bark Beetle :: Bark beetle () A small beetle of many species (family Scolytidae), which in the larval state bores under or in the bark of trees, often doing great damage..
Potentate :: Potentate (a.) One who is potent; one who possesses great power or sway; a prince, sovereign, or monarch..
Polyparous :: Polyparous (a.) Producing or bearing a great number; bringing forth many.
Mortality :: Mortality (n.) The whole sum or number of deaths in a given time or a given community; also, the proportion of deaths to population, or to a specific number of the population; death rate; as, a time of great, or low, mortality; the mortality among the settlers was alarming..
Farther :: Farther (superl.) Tending to a greater distance; beyond a certain point; additional; further.
Belly-god :: Belly-god (n.) One whose great pleasure it is to gratify his appetite; a glutton; an epicure.
Pretender :: Pretender (n.) The pretender (Eng. Hist.), the son or the grandson of James II., the heir of the royal family of Stuart, who laid claim to the throne of Great Britain, from which the house was excluded by law..
Majority :: Majority (n.) The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority.
Ember-goose :: Ember-goose (n.) The loon or great northern diver. See Loon.
Hyper- :: Hyper- () A prefix signifying over, above; as, hyperphysical, hyperthyrion; also, above measure, abnormally great, excessive; as, hyperaemia, hyperbola, hypercritical, hypersecretion..
Run :: Run (n.) The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick, but with greater speed..
Vastly :: Vastly (adv.) To a vast extent or degree; very greatly; immensely.
Trencher-man :: Trencher-man (n.) A feeder; a great eater; a gormandizer.
Slaughter :: Slaughter (v. t.) To visit with great destruction of life; to kill; to slay in battle.
Depopulate :: Depopulate (v. t.) To deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion; to reduce greatly the populousness of; to dispeople; to unpeople..
Shoal :: Shoal (n.) A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass..
Strong :: Strong (superl.) Having great force, vigor, power, or the like, as the mind, intellect, or any faculty; as, a man of a strong mind, memory, judgment, or imagination..
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