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en⋅large

  [en-lahrj] verb, -larged, -larg⋅ing.
Use enlarge in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to make larger; increase in extent, bulk, or quantity; add to: They enlarged the house by adding an east wing.
2. to increase the capacity or scope of; expand: We've decided to enlarge the company.
3. to make (a photographic print) larger than the negative by projecting the negative's image through a lens onto photographic printing paper.
–verb (used without object)
4. to grow larger; increase; expand.
5. to speak or write at large; expatiate: to enlarge upon a point.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME enlargen < OF enlargir, enlarger. See en- 1 , large

Related forms:
en⋅large⋅a⋅ble, adjective
en⋅larg⋅ed⋅ly  [en-lahr-jid-lee, -lahrjd-] , adverb
en⋅larg⋅ed⋅ness, noun
en⋅larg⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. extend, magnify, amplify, dilate. See increase.

Antonyms:
1. diminish. 2. contract.
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en·large   (ěn-lärj')   
v.   en·larged, en·larg·ing, en·larg·es

v.   tr.

  1. To make larger; add to.

  2. To give greater scope to; expand. See Synonyms at increase.

v.   intr.

  1. To become larger; grow.

  2. To speak or write at greater length or in greater detail; elaborate: enlarged upon the plan.


[Middle English enlargen, from Old French enlargier : en-, causative pref.; see en-1 + large, large; see large.]
en·larg'er n.
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Word Origin & History

enlarge 
c.1400, from O.Fr. enlarger, from en- "make, put in" + large.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: en·large
Pronunciation: in-'lärj
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: en·larged; en·larg·ing
transitivesenses
: to make larger enlarge intransitive senses
: to grow larger
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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