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enlarging

[en-lahrj] Origin

en·large

[en-lahrj] verb, -larged, -larg·ing.
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.

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Enlarging is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English enlargen < Old French enlargir, enlarger. See en-1, large

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
pre·en·large, verb (used with object), -larged, -larg·ing.
EXPAND
re·en·large, verb, -larged, -larg·ing.
un·en·larged, adjective
un·en·larg·ing, adjective
COLLAPSE


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


1. diminish. 2. contract.

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enlarge
c.1400, from O.Fr. enlarger, from en- "make, put in" + large. Related: Enlarged; enlarging.
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