enlarge
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: law
nautical
transport
Etymology: From Middle English enlargen, from Old French enlargier, enlargir. By surface analysis, en- + large.
Inflected forms:
form: enlarges
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: enlarging
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: enlarged
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: enlarged
pos: verb
tags: past
form: inlarge
pos: verb
tags: alternative
archaic
Senses:
gloss: To make (something) larger.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: We'll need to enlarge our budget if we want to include the helicopter ride in our holiday.
gloss: To grow larger.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, etc.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Knowledge enlarges the mind.
O ye Corinthians, our […] heart is enlarged.
gloss: To speak or write at length upon or on (some subject); expand; elaborate
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: We are then told of the basilisk killing by staring, and of a mous running round a snake till it rushes into the jaws of death. After copying many such anilities, the author adds only, "but our readers will excuse our enlarging."
I shall enlarge upon the Point.
He began to enlarge on the nature of the ground.
gloss: To release; to set at large.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
examples: Like a Lionesse lately enlarged.
Finding no meanes how I might us enlarge, / But if that Dwarfe I could with me convay, / I lightly snatcht him up and with me bore away.
It will enlarge us from all restraints.
Uncle of Exeter, enlarge the man committed yesterday, that rail'd against our person. We consider it was excess of wine that set him on.
In hospital he gave his parole, and was enlarged after paying for the torn blanket.
In the morning, said Mr. Case, as soon as Mr. Gorman, or Mr. Nolan arrives, you will be let out, and free to come and go, as you please. Watt replied that that would indeed be something to look forward to, and a comfort to him during the night, the prospect of being enlarged, in the morning, by Mr. Gorman, or Mr. Nolan, and made free to come and go, as he listed.
gloss: To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; said of the wind.
pos: verb
gloss: To extend the time allowed for compliance with (an order or rule).
pos: verb
examples: the court would not take farther time to adjourn and deliberate, where the term was near spent, unless the parties would consent to enlarge it
Related words: magnify
supersize
Derived words: enlargeable
enlargement
enlarge oneself
enlarger
enlarge up
enlargingly
re-enlarge
reenlarge
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: Zmadhoj
lang: Arabic
word: كَبَّرَ
roman: kabbara
lang: Azerbaijani
word: böyütmək
lang: Azerbaijani
word: iriləşdirmək
lang: Breton
word: ledanaat
lang: Bulgarian
word: увелича́вам
roman: uveličávam
lang: Bulgarian
word: уголемявам
roman: ugolemjavam
lang: Catalan
word: engrandir
lang: Catalan
word: allargar
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 放大
roman: fàngdà
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 增大
roman: zēngdà
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 加大
roman: jiādà
lang: Czech
word: zvětšovat
lang: Czech
word: zvětšit
lang: Danish
word: forstørre
lang: Dutch
word: uitvergroten
lang: Dutch
word: vergroten
lang: Esperanto
word: pligrandigi
lang: Esperanto
word: grandigi
lang: Finnish
word: suurentaa
lang: Finnish
word: laajentaa
lang: French
word: agrandir
lang: French
word: élargir
lang: French
word: accroître
lang: Gallurese
word: allargai
lang: German
word: vergrößern
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽
roman: mikiljan
lang: Ancient Greek
word: μεγαλύνω
roman: megalúnō
lang: Greenlandic
word: allivaa
lang: Hebrew
word: הִגְדִּיל
roman: higdíl
lang: Icelandic
word: stækka
lang: Indonesian
word: memperbesar
lang: Indonesian
word: membesarkan
lang: Italian
word: allargare
lang: Japanese
word: 拡大する
roman: kakudai suru
lang: Latin
word: grandiō
lang: Macedonian
word: зголемува
roman: zgolemuva
lang: Macedonian
word: зголеми
roman: zgolemi
lang: Māori
word: whakarahi
lang: Norwegian
word: forstørre
lang: Polish
word: powiększać
lang: Polish
word: powiększyć
lang: Polish
word: rozszerzać
lang: Polish
word: rozszerzyć
lang: Portuguese
word: aumentar
lang: Portuguese
word: ampliar
lang: Portuguese
word: engrandecer
lang: Quechua
word: hatunchay
lang: Russian
word: увели́чивать
roman: uvelíčivatʹ
lang: Russian
word: увели́чить
roman: uvelíčitʹ
lang: Russian
word: расширя́ть
roman: rasširjátʹ
lang: Russian
word: расши́рить
roman: rasšíritʹ
lang: Campidanese Sardinian
word: allargai
lang: Sassarese
word: allargà
lang: Slovene
word: povečati
lang: Spanish
word: ampliar
lang: Spanish
word: agrandar
lang: Spanish
word: engrandecer
lang: Spanish
word: engrandar
lang: Swedish
word: förstora
lang: Tamil
word: பெருக
roman: peruka
lang: Tày
word: boỏng
lang: Telugu
word: పెరుగుట
roman: peruguṭa
lang: Ukrainian
word: збі́льшувати
roman: zbílʹšuvaty
lang: Ukrainian
word: збі́льшити
roman: zbílʹšyty
lang: Ukrainian
word: розши́рювати
roman: rozšýrjuvaty
lang: Ukrainian
word: розши́рити
roman: rozšýryty
lang: Welsh
word: ychwanegu
lang: Yiddish
word: פֿאַרגרעסערן
roman: fargresern