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Definition of Enlarge
1. Verb. Make larger. "They enlarge their earnings this year"; "She enlarged the flower beds"
2. Verb. Make large. "Blow up an image"
Category relationships: Photography, Picture Taking
Generic synonyms: Increase
Derivative terms: Blowup, Enlargement, Enlarger, Magnification, Magnification, Magnifier, Magnitude
Antonyms: Reduce
3. Verb. Become larger or bigger. "Their earnings enlarge this year"
4. Verb. Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing. "They enlarge that there was a traffic accident "; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
Generic synonyms: Clarify, Clear Up, Elucidate
Specialized synonyms: Detail, Exposit, Expound, Set Forth, Exemplify, Illustrate, Instance, Particularise, Particularize, Specialise, Specialize, Specify
Derivative terms: Dilation, Elaboration, Elaboration, Enlargement, Expansion, Expansion, Expatiation, Exposition, Exponent, Expository, Expounding, Lucubration
Antonyms: Contract
Definition of Enlarge
1. v. t. 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.
2. v. i. 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.
Definition of Enlarge
1. Verb. (transitive) To make larger. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To speak at length ''upon'' or ''on'' (some subject) ¹
3. Verb. (archaic) To release; to set at large. ¹
4. Verb. (nautical) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; said of the wind. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enlarge
1. to make or become larger [v -LARGED, -LARGING, -LARGES]
Medical Definition of Enlarge
1. 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. To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; said of the wind. 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. "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 or rule, to extend the time for complying with it. 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. Synonym: To increase, extend, expand, spread, amplify, augment, magnify. See Increase. Origin: OF. Enlargier; pref. En- (L. In) + F. Large wide. See Large. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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