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in great
b. in great. [Compare French en gros in a large quantity, in gross (c1200 in Old French), German im Grossen (c1800), Dutch in 't groot on the whole, mostly (late 17th cent.).]
(a) In total; in all. Also all in great. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > that is all or the whole [phrase] > in all or altogether
by numbera1375
in numbera1375
in allc1380
first and lastc1390
all wholea1393
in companya1393
in sum1399
full and whole1402
in great1421
whole and somec1425
in (the) whole1432
one with another1436
in (the) hale1437
all in great1533
up and down1562
one and other1569
in (the) aggregate1644
all told1814
1421 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1710) X. 162 (MED) The said Ambassiatours shall..profre hym that Some in grete.
1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. Pref. sig. Bbv In that parte also the man bryngeth in two placys all in great, which he hathe pyked out..amonge all my bokes.
(b) = by the great at Phrases 2c, in various senses. Also occasionally in the great, (Scottish) in greats. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > a great quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > in large quantities
by (also at, in) wholesale1417
in great1447
by greatc1475
by the whole1592
by the yard1845
in block1870
in bulk1908
like peas1959
1447–8 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) ii. 92 (MED) Theire custumes..iiij d. of every pipe..that is there y-boghte to be solde ayen yn grete or retaill.
c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 32 Thinketh not..that it sufficeth to biholde and thinke the sinnes in gret.
1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 126 For binding and dressing of thre smalle bookes..price in grete vj s. viij d.
c1530 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. v–vii. 52 b The publycans bought in greate ye emperours tribute.
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 833/2 The labourers would in no wise labour by the daie, but all by taske & in great.
1598 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 168 That na inhabitant..gadder the same [victuall] in gryt, and keip the same to ane darth.
1631 in Burgh Laws Dundee (1872) 5 July For selling of salt in greats.
1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) i. 155 Before I come to the particulars of what I saw in Florence, I will consider it in great, and then come to the Detail of it.
1771 A. Young Farmer's Tour E. Eng. II. xv. 186 Every thing is bought in the great, and paid for at once.
1790 J. Bentham Wks. (1838–43) X. 233 Accustomed to view things in the great, this virtue, if it be one, costs me no less, perhaps, than most people.
1792 E. Burke Let. Nov. in Corr. (1968) VII. 301 For want of ever dealing in the Great, they do not know, that, tho' Multitudes may be deluded, they never can be bribed.
1842 A. Vavasour My Last Tour vi. 50 Taking the subject in the great, it is for the general good that the English should travel and sojourn, a little while, on the Continent.
(c) On a large or larger scale, esp. in comparison with something with the same proportions but smaller. Also occasionally in the great. Obsolete.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > large [phrase] > on a large scale
in folio1590
in large?1601
in great1635
1635 A. Stafford Femall Glory 7 I shall endeavour to limme her soule in little (since in great neither my time, nor ability will let me).
1652 H. Cogan tr. M. de Scudery Ibrahim ii. iii. 49 Having demanded of this pretended Painter, whether he could work in great, as well as in little.
1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode Ep. Ded. sig. Biii Being that in Little, which your Lordship is in Great.
1699 R. Burthogge Of Soul of World in Coll. Scarce & Valuable Tracts (1748) II. 234 The World itself is, after a Sort, an Animal in great.
1769 J. Watt in Q. Rev. (1858) 104 433 The necessary experience in great was wanting.
1795 J. Bentham Wks. (1838–43) X. 307 The Duke..gave him orders for making some [baggage-wagons] in the great [from a small model].
(d) In large letters. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > a great quantity, amount, or degree [phrase]
in greata1642
a1642 J. Suckling Poems 11 in Fragmenta Aurea (1646) Not a man in the place But had discontent writ in great [1648 at large] in his face.
extracted from greatadj.n.adv.int.
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