What does greate mean?

greate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

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"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."
"Perhaps the sillie worme [the penis] 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."
"No more then if you should lay a fly vpon a smooth Cartwheele, or a pinnes head vpon a greate globe."

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