threatened

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For, just as to 'seek the Lord' means more to us than it did to Israel, so the consequent life has greatened, widened, deepened into life eternal.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Maclaren, Alexander

The passing of the visible presence of a parent little lessened and often greatened the revering love of the Jewish child.

From Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home by Wise, Stephen

Elfrida had turned paler, and her eyes greatened with excitement.

From A Daughter of To-Day by Duncan, Sara Jeannette

Time had sobered him, softened him, mellowed him, greatened him.

From The Squire's Daughter by Hocking, Silas K(itto)

And if our work weary us, as it must do so long as we continue here, yet in the deepest sanctuary of our being, our strength is greatened by exercise.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII by Maclaren, Alexander