An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
ENLARGED
hypertrophied, enlarged
(adjective) (of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells; “hypertrophied myocardial fibers”
exaggerated, magnified, enlarged
(adjective) enlarged to an abnormal degree; “thick lenses exaggerated the size of her eyes”
enlarged
(adjective) larger than normal; “enlarged joints”
enlarged, blown-up
(adjective) as of a photograph; made larger; “the enlarged photograph revealed many details”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
enlarged
simple past tense and past participle of enlarge
Anagrams
• Legrande, langered, largened, reangled
Source: Wiktionary
En*larged", a.
Definition: Made large or larger; extended; swollen.
– En*lar"ged*ly, adv.
– En*lar"ged*ness, n.
ENLARGE
En*large", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enlarged; p. pr. & vb. n. Enlarging.] Etym: [OF. enlargier; pref. en- (L. in) + F. large wide. See Large.]
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. 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. To set at large or set free. [Archaic] 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.
En*large", v. i.
1. 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.
2. To speak or write at length; to be diffuse in speaking or writing; to expatiate; to dilate. To enlarge upon this theme. M. Arnold.
3. (Naut.)
Definition: To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; -- said of the wind.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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