Enlarge (IPA: /ˌɛnˈɫɑɹdʒ/, /ɪnˈɫɑɹdʒ/)
| Enlarge (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. |
| Enlarge (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. |
| Enlarge (v. t.) |
To set at large or set free. |
| Enlarge (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. |
| Enlarge (v. i.) |
To speak or write at length; to be diffuse in speaking or writing; to expatiate; to dilate. |
| Enlarge (v. i.) |
To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; -- said of the wind. |
| Enlarge Synonyms |
Magnify, Blow Up |
| Enlarge Synonyms |
Expand, Expound, Exposit, Lucubrate, Flesh Out, Dilate, Expatiate, Elaborate |
| Enlarge Synonyms |
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| Enlarge Synonyms |
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| Spanish Translation |
Enlarge in Spanish is Agrandar |
| Tagalog Translation |
Enlarge in Tagalog is Luwangan |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " God forbid that Judges upon their oath should make resolutions to enlarge jurisdiction." - Jurisdiction |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it." - Dwight D. Eisenhower |
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