Enlarged

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Enlarge \En*large"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enlarged}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Enlarging}.] [OF. enlargier; pref. en- (L. in) + F.
     large wide. See {Large}.]
     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.


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              To enlarge their possessions of land. --Locke.
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     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.
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              O ye Corinthians, our . . . heart is enlarged. --2
                                                    Cor. vi. 11.
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     3. To set at large or set free. [Archaic]
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              It will enlarge us from all restraints. --Barrow.
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     {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}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Enlarged \En*larged"\, a.
     Made large or larger; extended; swollen. -- {En*lar"ged*ly},
     adv. -- {En*lar"ged*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "enlarged":
     accelerated, aggrandized, aggravated, ampliate, amplified, annoyed,
     augmented, beefed-up, bloated, boosted, broadened, built-up,
     crescendoed, deepened, deliberately provoked, elevated, embittered,
     enhanced, exacerbated, exasperated, expanded, extended, heated up,
     heightened, hiked, hotted up, increased, inflated, intensified,
     irritated, jazzed up, magnified, multiplied, proliferated,
     provoked, raised, reinforced, soured, spread, stiffened,
     strengthened, swollen, tightened, upped, widened, worse,
     worsened