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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Enlarge \En*large"\, verb (used without an object)
1. To grow large or larger; to be further extended; to expand; as, a plant enlarges by growth; an estate enlarges by good management; a volume of air enlarges by rarefaction.
2. To speak or write at length; to be diffuse in speaking or writing; to expatiate; to dilate.
To enlarge upon this theme. --M. Arnold.
3. (Naut.) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; -- said of the wind.
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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
enlarge
verb
1: make larger; "She enlarged the flower beds"
2: make large; "blow up an image" [syn: {blow up}, {magnify}] [ant: {reduce}]
3: become larger or bigger
4: add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation" [syn: {elaborate}, {lucubrate}, {expatiate}, {exposit}, {flesh out}, {expand}, {expound}, {dilate}] [ant: {abridge}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
103 Moby Thesaurus words for "enlarge": add to, agent provocateur, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, annoy, augment, balloon, beef up, bloat, blow up, blueprint, boost, broaden, build, build up, bulk, bulk out, complete, crescendo, deepen, descant, detail, deteriorate, develop, dilate, distend, elaborate, elongate, embitter, embroider, enhance, enlarge upon, enter into detail, evolve, exacerbate, exaggerate, exalt, exasperate, expand, expatiate, explicate, expound, extend, fatten, fill out, go into, greaten, grow, heat up, heighten, hike, hike up, hot up, huff, increase, inflate, intensify, irritate, jack up, jump up, labor, lengthen, magnify, make acute, make worse, maximize, mount, multiply, parlay, particularize, print, process, provoke, puff, puff up, pump, pump up, put up, pyramid, raise, rarefy, rehearse in extenso, relate at large, rise, sharpen, snowball, sour, spell out, spread, stretch, sufflate, supplement, swell, thicken, tumefy, unfold, up, upsurge, wax, widen, work out, worsen
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