ENLARGE

enlarge. (fr) enlarge, make bigger, set at libertie

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enlarge. Enlarge, v. to increase, swell, expatiate, release

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En‐large″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enlarged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enlarging (?).] [[OF. enlargier; pref. en- (L. in) + F. large wide. See Large.]] 1. 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. 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. 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. Knight. — To enlarge an order or 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.” Clarendon. — To enlarge the heart, to make free, liberal, and charitable. Syn. — To increase; extend; expand; spread; amplify; augment; magnify. See Increase.