great (less usual or obs. senses are)
1.
pregnant
(fig.)
Per. V. i. 107
“I am great with
woe.”
2.
(of the heart) full
or ‘big’ with emotion or pride Shr. V. ii. 172, All'sW. IV. iii. 370,
R2 II. i. 229, 2H4 IV. iii. 121, R3 V. iii. 348.
3.
(of letters) capital
Tw.N. II. v. 98
“her great P'”
4.
“
time,” long while Tp. III. iii. 105;
“Of g-er time,”
older Gent. II. vii. 48.
5.
in titles of
office=‘grand’
H5 IV. viii. 100
“master
of France,”
1H6 IV. vii. 70
“
mareschal to Henry the Sixth.”
6.
“
morning,” broad day Troil IV. iii. 1, Cym. IV. ii. 61.
7.
adv. “
like,” very likely 2H6 III. i. 379.
