enlarge

ENL'ARGE, verb transitive enlarj. [from large.] To make greater in quantity or dimensions; to extend in limits, breadth or side; to expand in bulk. Every man desires to enlarge his possessions; the prince, his dominions. and the landholder, his farm. The body is enlarged by nutrition, and a good man rejoices to enlarge the sphere of his benevolence. God shall enlarge Japhet. Genesis 9:27. 1. To dilate; to expand; as with joy or love. O ye, Corinthians, our mouth is open to you, our heart is enlarged. 2. To expand; to make more comprehensive. Science enlarges the mind. 3. To increase in appearance; to magnify to the eye; as by a glass. 4. To set at liberty; to release from confinement or pressure. 5. To extend in a discourse; to diffuse in eloquence. They enlarged themselves on this subject. In this application, the word is generally intransitive. 6. To augment; to increase; to make large or larger, in a general sense; a word of general application. To enlarge the heart, may signify to open and expand in good will; to make free, liberal and charitable. ENL'ARGE, verb intransitive enlarj. To grow large or larger; to extend; to dilate; to expand. A plant enlarges by growth; an estate enlarges by good management; a volume of air enlarges by rarefaction. 1. To be diffuse in speaking or writing; to expatiate. I might enlarge on this topic. 2. To exaggerate.