Syn. — To increase; extend; expand; spread; amplify; augment; magnify. See Increase.
Enlarge
(En*large"), 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.
Enlarged
(En*larged") a. Made large or larger; extended; swollen. — En*lar"ged*ly adv. — En*lar"ged*ness,
n.
Enlargement
(En*large"ment) n.
1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further
extension; expansion.
2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as,
an enlargement of views, of knowledge, of affection.
3. A setting at large, or being set at large; release from confinement, servitude, or distress; liberty.
Give enlargement to the swain.
Shak. 4. Diffusiveness of speech or writing; expatiation; a wide range of discourse or argument.
An enlargement upon the vices and corruptions that were got into the army.
Clarendon. Enlarger
(En*lar"ger) n. One that enlarges.
Enlay
(En*lay") v. t. See Inlay.
Enlengthen
(En*length"en) v. t. To lengthen. [Obs.]
Enleven
(En*lev"en) n. Eleven. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Enlight
(En*light") v. t. [Pref. en- + light. Cf. Enlighten.] To illumine; to enlighten. [R.]
Which from the first has shone on ages past,
Enlights the present, and shall warm the last.
Pope. Enlighten
(En*light"en) v. t. [Pref. en- + lighten: cf. AS. inlihtan. Cf. Enlight.]
