ENL'ARGEMENT, noun Increase of size or bulk, real or apparent; extension of dimensions or limits; augmentation; dilatation; expansion. The enlargement of bulk may be by accretion or addition; of dimensions, by spreading, or by additions to length and breadth; of a sum or amount, by addition, collection or accumulation. 1. Expansion or extension, applied to the mind, to knowledge, or to the intellectual powers, by which the mind comprehends a wider range of ideas or thought. 2. Expansion of the heart, by which it becomes more benevolent and charitable. 3. Release from confinement, servitude, distress or straits. Esther 4:14. 4. Diffusiveness of speech or writing; an expatiating on a particular subject; a wide range of discourse or argument.
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