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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
enlarge \enlarge"\, v. t. imp. p. p. enlarged; p. pr.
vb. n. enlarging. of. enlargier; pref. en- l. in + f.
large wide. see large.
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.
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to enlarge their possessions of land. --locke.
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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.
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o ye corinthians, our . . . heart is enlarged. --2
cor. vi. 11.
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3. to set at large or set free. archaic
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it will enlarge us from all restraints. --barrow.
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enlarging hammer, a hammer with a slightly rounded face of
large diameter; -- used by gold beaters. --knight.
to enlarge an order or to enlarge a rule law, to extend
the time for complying with it. --abbott.
to enlarge one's self, to give free vent to speech; to
spread out discourse. "they enlarged themselves on this
subject." --clarendon.
to enlarge the heart, to make free, liberal, and
charitable.
syn: to increase; extend; expand; spread; amplify; augment;
magnify. see increase.
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see also:
enlarged enlarging large enlarging hammer to enlarge an order to enlarge a rule
to enlarge one's self to enlarge the heart increase
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