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Enlarge   /ɛnlˈɑrdʒ/  /ɪnlˈɑrdʒ/   Listen
verb
Enlarge  v. t.  (past & past part. enlarged; pres. part. enlarging)  
1.
To make larger; to increase in quantity or dimensions; to extend in limits; to magnify; as, the body is enlarged by nutrition; to enlarge one's house. "To enlarge their possessions of land."
2.
To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, and the like; as, knowledge enlarges the mind. "O ye Corinthians, our... heart is enlarged."
3.
To set at large or set free. (Archaic) "It will enlarge us from all restraints."
Enlarging hammer, a hammer with a slightly rounded face of large diameter; used by gold beaters.
To enlarge an order or To enlarge a rule (Law), to extend the time for complying with it.
To enlarge one's self, to give free vent to speech; to spread out discourse. "They enlarged themselves on this subject."
To enlarge the heart, to make free, liberal, and charitable.
Synonyms: To increase; extend; expand; spread; amplify; augment; magnify. See Increase.



Enlarge  v. i.  
1.
To grow large or larger; to be further extended; to expand; as, a plant enlarges by growth; an estate enlarges by good management; a volume of air enlarges by rarefaction.
2.
To speak or write at length; to be diffuse in speaking or writing; to expatiate; to dilate. "To enlarge upon this theme."
3.
(Naut.) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; said of the wind.






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"Enlarge" Quotes from Famous Books



... St. Augustine, give another version of the story, which it is not necessary here to enlarge upon, any farther than to say, that it depicts the love of a powerful queen for a young man who repulsed her advances. Ovid, also, gives a similar account in the fourth Book of the Fasti, line 220. Other authors, quoted ...
— The Metamorphoses of Ovid - Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes - and Explanations • Publius Ovidius Naso

... "lovingly" granted.(1200) In his private concerns he showed as little regard for the rights of others as in the affairs of State. He did not scruple to remove bodily a small house, the property of Stow's father, in order to enlarge his own garden, giving neither warning beforehand nor explanation afterwards, and "no man durst ...
— London and the Kingdom - Volume I • Reginald R. Sharpe

... continued the irate philosopher. "I bestow upon the boys the most careful education, enlarge their minds by the study of the history and destiny of man, of the world, of the stellar system, till I may hope that in the contemplation of the vast universe they have lost their little prejudices and personal preferences. I strengthen their judgment, assiduously ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 8, Issue 49, November, 1861 • Various

... were the place to enlarge upon the general question of bringing children abroad to be educated, we might suggest, at the outset, that there were certain English qualities, such as manliness and self-reliance; and certain English ...
— Normandy Picturesque • Henry Blackburn

... be heard of the Dodge Club; which would be a great pity, as the best of their adventures did not take place until after this period; and as this is the real character of the present work, I have finally decided to enlarge the chapter into a book, which I will publish after I have given to the world my "History of the Micmacs," "Treatise on the Greek Particles," "Course of Twelve Lectures on Modern History," new edition of the "Agamemnonian Triology" of Aeschylus, with new readings, "Harmony ...
— The Dodge Club - or, Italy in 1859 • James De Mille


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