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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Enlarge \En*large"\, 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. --M. Arnold. 3. (Naut.) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; -- said of the wind. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Enlarge \En*large"\, 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. To enlarge their possessions of land. --Locke. 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. --2 Cor. vi 11. 3. To set at large or set free [Archaic] It will enlarge us from all restraints. --Barrow. {Enlarging hammer}, a hammer with a slightly rounded face of large diameter; -- used by gold beaters. --Knight. {To enlarge an} {order or 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: enlarge v 1: make larger; "She enlarged the flower beds 2: make large "blow up an image" [syn: {blow up}, {magnify}] [ant: {reduce}] 3: become larger or bigger 4: elaborate or expatiate upon give details; "She elaborated on her plans" [syn: {elaborate}, {expatiate}, {flesh out}, {expand}, {expound}, {dilate}]
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