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Webster 1913 Edition
Enlarge
En-large′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Enlarged
; p. pr. & vb. n.
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. 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 mindO 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.
Syn. – To increase; extend; expand; spread; amplify; augment; magnify. See
Increase
. En-large′
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Enlarge
ENL`ARGE
,Verb.
T.
God shall enlarge Japhet. Gen.9.
1.
To dilate; to expand; as with joy or love.O ye, Corinthians, our mouth is open to you, our
heart is enlarged.
2.
To expand; to make more comprehensive. Science enlarges the mind.3.
To increase in appearance; to magnify to the eye; as by a glass.4.
To set at liberty; to release from confinement or pressure.5.
To extend in a discourse; to diffuse in eloquence.They enlarged themselves on this subject.
In this application, the word is generally intransitive.
6.
To augment; to increase; to make large or larger, in a general sense; a word of general application.To enlarge the heart, may signify to open and expand in good will; to make free, liberal and charitable.
ENL`ARGE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To be diffuse in speaking or writing; to expatiate. I might enlarge on this topic.2.
To exaggerate.Definition 2025
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English
Verb
enlarge (third-person singular simple present enlarges, present participle enlarging, simple past and past participle enlarged)
- (transitive) To make larger.
- (transitive) To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, etc.
- Knowledge enlarges the mind.
- Bible, 2 Corinthians vi. 11
- O ye Corinthians, our […] heart is enlarged.
- (intransitive) To speak at length upon or on (some subject)
- 1664, Samuel Butler, Hudibras 2.2.68:
- I shall enlarge upon the Point.
- 1664, Samuel Butler, Hudibras 2.2.68:
- (archaic) To release; to set at large.
- 1580, Philip Sidney, Arcadia 329:
- Like a Lionesse lately enlarged.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.8:
- Finding no meanes how I might us enlarge, / But if that Dwarfe I could with me convay, / I lightly snatcht him up and with me bore away.
- Barrow
- It will enlarge us from all restraints.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act II Scene II:
- Uncle of Exeter, enlarge the man committed yesterday, that rail'd against our person. We consider it was excess of wine that set him on.
- 1580, Philip Sidney, Arcadia 329:
- (nautical) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; said of the wind.
- (law) To extend the time allowed for compliance with (an order or rule).
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Abbott to this entry?)
Translations
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References
- J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.