Dictionary entry

Enlarge (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

En‐large″, v. i. 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.