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.

Enlarge
(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.

Enlarged
(En*larged") a. Made large or larger; extended; swollen.En*lar"ged*ly adv.En*lar"ged*ness, n.

Enlargement
(En*large"ment) n.

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

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.

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

Give enlargement to the swain.
Shak.

4. Diffusiveness of speech or writing; expatiation; a wide range of discourse or argument.

An enlargement upon the vices and corruptions that were got into the army.
Clarendon.

Enlarger
(En*lar"ger) n. One that enlarges.

Enlay
(En*lay") v. t. See Inlay.

Enlengthen
(En*length"en) v. t. To lengthen. [Obs.]

Enleven
(En*lev"en) n. Eleven. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Enlight
(En*light") v. t. [Pref. en- + light. Cf. Enlighten.] To illumine; to enlighten. [R.]

Which from the first has shone on ages past,
Enlights the present, and shall warm the last.
Pope.

Enlighten
(En*light"en) v. t. [Pref. en- + lighten: cf. AS. inlihtan. Cf. Enlight.]

3. To set at large or set free. [Archaic]

It will enlarge us from all restraints.
Barrow.


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