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/ɛnlˈɑrdʒd/ /ɪnlˈɑrdʒd/ 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.

adjective

Enlarged adj. Made large or larger; extended; swollen.

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Etymology of 'Enlarged'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Enlarged" Quotes from Famous Books

... build an office for the Clerk of the Court.[28] This original tract did not provide enough ground for the jail yard and other grounds comprising the courthouse compound.[29] Accordingly, in March 1800 the Court ordered William Payne to prepare a new survey of the compound, enlarged to accommodate all of the facilities required by the law. The area of this new survey was ten acres, capable of accommodating courthouse, jail, clerk's office, gallows and pillory, a stable, a storehouse ...

— The Fairfax County Courthouse • Ross D. Netherton

... a while Clennam thought it a good season for diverting his attention from the main surprise, by relating its details. Slowly, therefore, and in a quiet tone of voice, he explained them as best he could, and enlarged on the nature of ...

— Little Dorrit • Charles Dickens

... radar at Goose AFB in Newfoundland picked up some odd targets. The targets came across the scope, suddenly enlarged, and then became smaller again. One unofficial comment was that the object was flat or disk-shaped, and that the radar target had gotten bigger because the disk had banked in flight to present a greater reflecting surface. ATIC's official comment ...

— The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects • Edward Ruppelt

... rather a collection of treatises on the principal arts and sciences than a cyclopaedia in the common acceptation of the term. It has since been five times almost remodelled, arranged alphabetically, and greatly enlarged; but it still preserves its old distinguishing feature of treating great scientific and historical subjects exhaustively under a single head: for instance, there are two elaborate historical articles on "Britain" and "England," but none on Charles I. or Charles II.; long articles on "Animal Kingdom" ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XI., April, 1863, No. LXVI. - A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And Politics. • Various

... except the Beira line, have the same gauge, one of three feet six inches. The Beira line has a two-foot gauge, but is now (1899) being enlarged to the standard gauge. Throughout South Africa the lines of railway are laid on steeper gradients than is usual in Europe: one in forty is not uncommon, and on the Natal line it is sometimes one in thirty, ...

— Impressions of South Africa • James Bryce

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