enlarge

== English == === Alternative forms === inlarge (archaic) === Etymology === From Middle English enlargen, from Old French enlargier, enlargir. By surface analysis, en- +‎ large. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈlɑːd͡ʒ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈlɑɹd͡ʒ/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dʒ === Verb === enlarge (third-person singular simple present enlarges, present participle enlarging, simple past and past participle enlarged) (transitive) To make (something) larger. (intransitive) To grow larger. (transitive) To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, etc. (intransitive) To speak or write at length upon or on (some subject); expand; elaborate (archaic) To release; to set at large. (nautical) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; said of the wind. (law) To extend the time allowed for compliance with (an order or rule). ==== Synonyms ==== (make larger, expand): embiggen, enlargen, largen, greaten (speak or write at length): dilate, expatiate ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== magnify supersize ==== Translations ==== === References === “enlarge”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “enlarge”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. === Anagrams === General, general, gleaner, reangle