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enlarged
(encz) | enlarged,zvětšený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Enlarged
(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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Enlarged
(gcide) | Enlarged \En*larged"\, a.
Made large or larger; extended; swollen. -- En*lar"ged*ly,
adv. -- En*lar"ged*ness, n.
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enlarged
(wn) | enlarged
adj 1: (of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a
result of increased size in the constituent cells;
"hypertrophied myocardial fibers" [syn: hypertrophied,
enlarged] [ant: atrophied, diminished, wasted]
2: as of a photograph; made larger; "the enlarged photograph
revealed many details" [syn: blown-up, enlarged]
3: larger than normal; "enlarged joints"
4: enlarged to an abnormal degree; "thick lenses exaggerated the
size of her eyes" [syn: exaggerated, magnified,
enlarged] |
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