ENLARGING

Verb

enlarging

present participle of enlarge

Noun

enlarging (plural enlargings)

The act of one who enlarges.

Anagrams

• largening, reangling

Source: Wiktionary

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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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