En·large v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enlarged p. pr. & vb. n. Enlarging ]
 1. 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.
    To enlarge their possessions of land.   --Locke.
 2. 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.
    O ye Corinthians, our . . . heart is enlarged.   --2 Cor. vi. 11.
 3. To set at large or set free. [Archaic]
    It will enlarge us from all restraints.   --Barrow.
 Enlarging hammer, a hammer with a slightly rounded face of large diameter; -- used by gold beaters. --Knight.
 To enlarge an order or To enlarge a rule Law, to extend the time for complying with it. --Abbott.
 To enlarge one's self, to give free vent to speech; to spread out discourse. “They enlarged themselves on this subject.” --Clarendon.
 To enlarge the heart, to make free, liberal, and charitable.
 Syn: -- To increase; extend; expand; spread; amplify; augment; magnify. See Increase.


 En·larged a. Made large or larger; extended; swollen. -- En*lar*ged*ly adv. -- En*lar*ged*ness, n.

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 enlarged
      adj 1: expanded in scope; "the enlarged authority of the committee"
      2: (of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result
         of increased size in the constituent cells; "hypertrophied
         myocardial fibers" [syn: hypertrophied] [ant: atrophied]
      3: as of a photograph; made larger; "the enlarged photograph
         revealed many details" [syn: blown-up]
      4: larger than normal; "enlarged joints"
      5: enlarged to an abnormal degree; "thick lenses exaggerated
         the size of her eyes" [syn: exaggerated, magnified]