Enlarge
Enlarge , transitive verb
[Old French enlargier; pref. en- (Latin in) + French 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.
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.
Collocations (4)
Enlarging hammer , a hammer with a slightly rounded face of large diameter; -- used by gold beaters. — Knight
To enlarge an order or To enlarge a 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.
To enlarge the heart , to make free, liberal, and charitable.
Enlarge , intransitive verb
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.
(Nautical) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; -- said of the wind.