biggen

English

Etymology 1

From big +‎ -en. More at big.

Verb

biggen (third-person singular simple present biggens, present participle biggening, simple past and past participle biggened)

1. (rare, obsolete) To make bigger
   • 1837, Ebenezer Elliott, “Rhymed Rambles”, in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, page 89:

     Our spirits, biggened by their griefs and fears, Sadden and dwindle, with their backward view, All they behold.

   • 1898, Margaret Georgina Todd, Mona Maclean, Medical Student, page 359:

     What has biggened it?

   • 1914, The Cornhill Magazine‎^[1], volume 104, page 414:

     We both belong to a big State, and it's growing bigger every day. I like to think that in my small way I'm helping to biggen it.

Related terms

• embiggen

Etymology 2

Verb

biggen

1. Eye dialect spelling of begin.

Anagrams

• beggin'

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪɣən

Noun

biggen

1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of big

Anagrams

• beging

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Middle English

Verb

biggen

1. build
2. dwell

Derived terms

• bigger

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːɡːɡen/

Verb

bīggen

1. first-person singular past indicative of bieggat

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Scots

Verb

biggen

1. Be pregnant