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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)
- (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, 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.
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Etymology 2
Verb
biggen
- Pronunciation spelling of begin.
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
biggen
- plural of big
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Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old Norse byggja.
Alternative forms
Verb
biggen
- build
- a. 1450, John Lydgate:
Thy place is bygged above the sterres clere- Your house is built above the shining stars.
- dwell
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Etymology 2
Verb
biggen
- Alternative form of bien
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpiːɡːɡen/
Verb
bīggen
- first-person singular past indicative of bieggat
Scots
Verb
biggen
- to be pregnant