Meaning

1 senses

  1. (ergative, humorous, nonstandard, usually)To enlarge; to make or become bigger.

Origin

From em- + biggen or big + em- -en, possibly analogous to belittle. The morphology paralle

From em- + biggen or big + em- -en, possibly analogous to belittle. The morphology parallels that of enlarge (en- + large) or embolden (em- + bold + -en).

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Forms

embiggens, embiggening, embiggened, embiggened
Base formembiggen · to embiggen
3rd person singularembiggens
Present participleembiggening
Past simpleembiggened
Past participleembiggened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyembiggen
he, she, itembiggens

Past simpleLesson

all personsembiggened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave embiggened
he, she, ithas embiggened

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill embiggen

Synonyms

6 synonyms
swellB1growA1magnifyB2aggrandizebiggerenlarge

Antonyms

6 antonyms
ensmallendebigulateshrinkB2diminishC2belittlecontractC1

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcromulent

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
emberembezzleembezzlementembezzlerembitteremblememblematic
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