greate

English

Adjective

greate

1. Archaic spelling of great.
   • 1545, Desiderius Erasmus, A Very Pleasaunt & Fruitful Diologe Called the Epicure‎^[1]:

     He setteth the high and principall felicitie of man in pleasure, and thiketh that lyfe most pure and godly, whiche may haue greate delectatio and pleasure, and lytle pensiuenes.

   • c. 1595, Thomas Nash, The Choise of Valentines‎^[2]:

     132 Perhaps the sillie worme is labour'd sore, And wearied that it can doe noe more; If it be so, as I am greate a-dread, I wish tenne thousand times that I were dead.

   • 1630, William Pemble, A Briefe Introduction to Geography‎^[3]:

     No more then if you should lay a fly vpon a smooth Cartwheele, or a pinnes head vpon a greate globe.

Anagrams

• ergate