Word
Enlarge
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
en-large
Definition
- v. t. - 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.
- 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.
- v. t. - To set at large or set free.
- v. i. - 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.
- v. i. - To speak or write at length; to be diffuse in speaking
or writing; to expatiate; to dilate.
- v. i. - To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's
course; to draw aft; -- said of the wind.
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