Enlarge
[ɪn'lɑːdʒ;en-] or [ɪn'lɑrdʒ]
Definition
(verb.) make larger; 'She enlarged the flower beds'.
(verb.) become larger or bigger.
Editor: Olivia--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To set at large or set free.
(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.
(v. i.) To speak or write at length; to be diffuse in speaking or writing; to expatiate; to dilate.
(v. i.) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; -- said of the wind.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Increase, augment, extend, expand, magnify, amplify, make larger, make greater.
v. n. [1]. Expatiate, dilate, descant, speak at length, launch out.[2]. Increase, swell, grow, extend, expand, grow larger.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Amplify, expand, augment, broaden, swell, stretch_out, extend, stretch, dilate,increase
ANT:Narrow, lessen, contract, restrict, diminish, curtail, reduce
Typist: Vance
Definition
v.t. to make larger: to increase in size or quantity: to expand: to amplify discourse: to set free.—v.i. to grow large or larger: to be diffuse in speaking or writing: to expatiate.—adj. Enlarged′.—adv. Enlar′gedly.—ns. Enlar′gedness; Enlarge′ment act of enlarging: state of being enlarged: increase: extension: diffuseness of speech or writing: a setting at large: release.
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Examples
- I watched to see whether it would spread: but no; as it did not diminish, so it did not enlarge. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- This I shall enlarge upon presently. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I believe that the strange incidents connected with it will afford a view of nature, which may enlarge your faculties and understanding. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- When this operation is completed, it immediately sets to work to enlarge the hole with the help of its hind legs. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I shall not enlarge upon this objection, because it principally belongs to natural philosophy, which lies without our present sphere. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- It is, however, doubtful whether this is really so; but I will not enlarge on this obscure subject. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The boilers have also been elongated, to enlarge the evaporating surface and economize fuel. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- These pictures are so perfect in detail that, when photographed and enlarged, objects no greater than a blade of grass may be distinctly recognized. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- A private-line department was established, and the business taken over from Pope, Edison, and Ashley was rapidly enlarged. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In the year 1600, Gilbert, an English physician, enlarged considerably the catalogue of substances which have the property of attracting light bodies. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Slowly, therefore, and in a quiet tone of voice, he explained them as best he could, and enlarged on the nature of Pancks's service. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I enlarged upon many other topics, which the natural desire of endless life, and sublunary happiness, could easily furnish me with. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- By means of a lens, a watchmaker gets an enlarged image of the dust which clogs the wheels of his watch. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The scene enlarged; two persons appeared; Mrs. Weston and her son-in-law; they were walking into Highbury;to Hartfield of course. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The action and reaction thus constantly at work, tend to give accelerating impulse to invention, and are continually enlarging its sphere of operations. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- This has already appeared in so many instances, that we may spare ourselves the trouble of enlarging upon it any farther. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- It is a commonplace that an alert and expanding mental life depends upon an enlarging range of contact with the physical environment. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- On the other hand, the enlarging of the apparatus to permit larger pictures to be obtained would present too much weight to be stopped and started with the requisite rapidity. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Lydgate was ambitious above all to contribute towards enlarging the scientific, rational basis of his profession. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Art enlarges experience by admitting us to the inner life of others. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Opposition not only enlarges the soul; but the soul, when full of courage and magnanimity, in a manner seeks opposition. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- By refraction the magnifying glass reveals objects hidden because of their minuteness, and enlarges for our careful contemplation objects otherwise barely visible. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- First, it enlarges the balance wheel; second, it increases the length of the spring; third, it reduces the elasticity of the spring. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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