Enlarge \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. [Archaic]

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 an order 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)