 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
enlarged
adjective
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Enlarge \En*large"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
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}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Enlarged \En*larged"\, adjective
Made large or larger; extended; swollen. -- {En*lar"ged*ly},
adverb -- {En*lar"ged*ness}, noun
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
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