enlarge

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To speak or write at length; to be diffuse in speaking or writing; to expatiate; to dilate. [ 1913 Webster ]

To enlarge upon this theme. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; -- said of the wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made large or larger; extended; swollen. -- En*lar"ged*ly adv. -- En*lar"ged*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an enlargement of views, of knowledge, of affection. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A setting at large, or being set at large; release from confinement, servitude, or distress; liberty. [ 1913 Webster ]

Give enlargement to the swain. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Diffusiveness of speech or writing; expatiation; a wide range of discourse or argument. [ 1913 Webster ]

An enlargement upon the vices and corruptions that were got into the army. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]