biggen

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verb

To make bigger

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Meanings

biggen1

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

present singular third person biggens · participle present biggening · participle past biggened · past biggened

  1. obsoleterareTo make bigger

    What has biggened it?

    1898, Margaret Georgina Todd, Mona Maclean, Medical Student, page 359
    2 more examples

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

    1837, Ebenezer Elliott, “Rhymed Rambles”, in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, page 89

    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.

    1914, The Cornhill Magazine, volume 104, page 414

biggen2

verb
  1. pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of begin.

Origin

From big + -en. More at big.

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APA

biggen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biggen

MLA

“biggen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biggen. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biggen,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biggen.

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