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/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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Etymology of 'Enlarge'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Enlarge" Quotes from Famous Books

... place, you simply grow greater and they cannot keep you down. You do not ask for promotion, you compel promotion. You grow greater, enlarge your dimensions, develop new capabilities, do more than you are paid to do—overfill your place, and you shake up to ...

— The University of Hard Knocks • Ralph Parlette

... we had resided since we moved to the city; but I demonstrated to her by much argument that it was worse than snobbish not to be decently polite to one's business friends. It was not their fault if they were vulgar. One might even help them to enlarge their lives. Gradually she came round; and as soon as the old German had given me his business she was the first to suggest moving ...

— The "Goldfish" • Arthur Train

... State has as an end the government of men; it needs centralized power, ministers ready to employ force, functionaries blindly obeying the least sign. Enlarge its domain [i.e. institute 'State Socialism.'—W.] and you will create a vast barracks, you will ...

— Socialism As It Is - A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement • William English Walling

... to consider was the acquisition of a suitable site for the new buildings, the old site not affording space to enlarge the premises or for the addition of a master's house. We were lucky to get the offer of an excellent position, allowing not only space for all the buildings in contemplation, but ample room for future enlargements, which it was evident would be needed ...

— Grain and Chaff from an English Manor • Arthur H. Savory

... imposed upon, and the manufacture of earthen money was soon given up.[37] It is sometimes asserted that the English engaged in making wampum, though the statement appeared to be without foundation. The Dutch, however, produced it in large quantities, and were thereby enabled to enlarge the circle of their own posts; and also to furnish liberal supplies to the traders, north and south, who ranged over the entire Atlantic coast from the St. Lawrence to the gulf. In Virginia, the Carolinas, ...

— Wampum - A Paper Presented to the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society - of Philadelphia • Ashbel Woodward

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