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en·large·ment

   [en-lahrj-muhnt]
noun
1.
an act of enlarging; increase, expansion, or amplification.
2.
anything, as a photograph, that is an enlarged form of something.
3.
anything that enlarges something else; addition: The new wing formed a considerable enlargement to the building.
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Origin:
1530–40; enlarge + -ment

Related forms
pre·en·large·ment, noun
pro·en·large·ment, adjective
re·en·large·ment, noun
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enlargement (ɪnˈlɑːdʒmənt)
 
—n
1.  the act of enlarging or the condition of being enlarged
2.  something that enlarges or is intended to enlarge
3.  a photographic print that is larger than the negative from which it is made

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enlargement
1560s, from enlarge + -ment. Photographic sense is from 1866.
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