enlarge

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enlarge (third-person singular simple present enlarges, present participle enlarging, simple past and past participle enlarged)

  1. (transitive) To make larger.
  2. (intransitive) To speak at length upon or on (some subject)
    • 1664 Samuel Butler, Hudibras 2.2.68:
      I shall enlarge upon the Point.
  3. (archaic) To release; to set at large.
    • 1580 Philip Sidney, Arcadia 329:
      Like a Lionesse lately enlarged.

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make larger

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