Definition of enlarge

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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..

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Intumesce :: Intumesce (v. i.) To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell; specifically, to swell up or bubble up under the action of heat, as before the blowpipe..
Inexpansible :: Inexpansible (a.) Incapable of expansion, enlargement, or extension..
Promote :: Promote (v. t.) To contribute to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of (any process or thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance; to excite; as, to promote learning; to promote disorder; to promote a business venture..
Extendible :: Extendible (a.) Capable of being extended, susceptible of being stretched, extended, enlarged, widened, or expanded..
Enlarge :: Enlarge (v. i.) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; -- said of the wind.
Embulk :: Embulk (v. t.) To enlarge in the way of bulk.
Alkekengi :: Alkekengi (n.) An herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Physalis alkekengi) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size of a cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy calyx; -- also called winter cherry, ground cherry, and strawberry tomato..
Expatiate :: Expatiate (v. i.) To enlarge in discourse or writing; to be copious in argument or discussion; to descant.
Pseudo-hyperthophic :: Pseudo-hyperthophic (a.) Falsely hypertrophic; as, pseudo-hypertrophic paralysis, a variety of paralysis in which the muscles are apparently enlarged, but are really degenerated and replaced by fat..
Photomicrograph :: Photomicrograph (n.) An enlarged or macroscopic photograph of a microscopic object. See Microphotograph.
Majoration :: Majoration (n.) Increase; enlargement.
Ream :: Ream (v. t.) To bevel out, as the mouth of a hole in wood or metal; in modern usage, to enlarge or dress out, as a hole, with a reamer..
Nodose :: Nodose (a.) Having nodes or prominences; having the alternate joints enlarged, as the antennae of certain insects..
Expand :: Expand (v. t.) To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to contract; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence..
Varicosity :: Varicosity (n.) An enlargement or swelling in a vessel, fiber, or the like; a varix; as, the varicosities of nerve fibers..
Intumescence :: Intumescence (n.) Anything swollen or enlarged, as a tumor..
Extend :: Extend (v. t.) To enlarge; to widen; to carry out further; as, to extend the capacities, the sphere of usefulness, or commerce; to extend power or influence; to continue, as time; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to extend the time of payment or a season of trail..
Flourish :: Flourish (v. i.) To grow luxuriantly; to increase and enlarge, as a healthy growing plant; a thrive..
Liver-grown :: Liver-grown (a.) Having an enlarged liver.
Expansion :: Expansion (n.) The enlargement of the ship mathematically from a model or drawing to the full or building size, in the process of construction..
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