Enlarging

2 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 Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  ENLARGING. Extending or making more comprehensive; as an enlarging statute, 
  which is one extending the common law.