Enlarge

Definition of Enlarge

En`large´

v. t.

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.

[imp. & p. p. Enlarged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Enlarging .]

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.

It will enlarge us from all restraints.

- Barrow.

Enlarging hammer
a hammer with a slightly rounded face of large diameter; - used by gold beaters.

To enlarge an order
(Law) to extend the time for complying with it. - Knight.

To enlarge one's self
to give free vent to speech; to spread out discourse. - Abbott.

To enlarge the heart
to make free, liberal, and charitable. - Clarendon.

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.

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