preen-large
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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Preen-large
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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enlarge (ɪnˈlɑːdʒ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to make or grow larger in size, scope, etc; increase or expand |
| 2. | (tr) to make (a photographic print) of a larger size than the negative |
| 3. | (intr; |
| en'largeable | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
enlarge
c.1400, from O.Fr. enlarger, from en- "make, put in" + large. Related: Enlarged; enlarging.
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