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noun

Enlargement n.

The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion.

Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an enlargement of views, of knowledge, of affection.

A setting at large, or being set at large; release from confinement, servitude, or distress; liberty. "Give enlargement to the swain."

Diffusiveness of speech or writing; expatiation; a wide range of discourse or argument. "An enlargement upon the vices and corruptions that were got into the army."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Enlargement" Quotes from Famous Books

... To strengthen, perpetuate and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it. ...

— The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln • Helen Nicolay

... therefore devoid of weight, could not be used in connection with the ordinary drama. There are obstacles, but they do not appear insuperable. The ordinary moving-picture, of course, is much smaller than the back drop of a large stage. Its enlargement is merely a matter of optical apparatus. Wings must be reduced in number and provided each with its own projection-machine, or replaced with drops similarly provided. Exits and entrances must be ...

— A Librarian's Open Shelf • Arthur E. Bostwick

... foreign or provincial empire is of a contrary nature. A man may as well say that it is unlawful for him who has made a fair and honest purchase to have tenants, as for a government that has made a just progress and enlargement of itself to have provinces. But how a province may be justly acquired appertains to another place. In this I am to show no more than how or upon what kind of balance it is to be held; in order whereto I shall first show upon what kind of balance it is not ...

— The Commonwealth of Oceana • James Harrington

... correction and master's touch. This was a part of the business that he loved. It appealed to the flamboyant in his nature. It particularly pleased him to see omnibuses pass by bearing the famous "Sypher's Cure," an enlargement of his own handwriting, in ...

— Septimus • William J. Locke

... the introduction of the water-works in the place. Although we have occasional outbreaks of intermittent and remittent, with neuralgic attacks, they yield more speedily to remedies, and are not attended by so much enlargement of the liver or spleen as formerly, and dysentery is ...

— Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health • George E. Waring

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