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.
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.
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 anorder or 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.