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ENL`ARGE, v.t. enlarj. [from large.] To make greater in quantity or dimensions; to extend in limits, breadth or side; to expand in bulk. Every man desires to enlarge his possessions; the prince, his dominions. and the landholder, his farm. The body is enlarged by nutrition, and a good man rejoices to enlarge the sphere of his benevolence.

God shall enlarge Japhet. Gen.9.

1. To dilate; to expand; as with joy or love.

O ye, Corinthians, our mouth is open to you, our

heart is enlarged.

2. To expand; to make more comprehensive. Science enlarges the mind.

3. To increase in appearance; to magnify to the eye; as by a glass.

4. To set at liberty; to release from confinement or pressure.

5. To extend in a discourse; to diffuse in eloquence.

They enlarged themselves on this subject.

In this application, the word is generally intransitive.

6. To augment; to increase; to make large or larger, in a general sense; a word of general application.

To enlarge the heart, may signify to open and expand in good will; to make free, liberal and charitable.

ENL`ARGE, v.i. enlarj. To grow large or larger; to extend; to dilate; to expand. A plant enlarges by growth; an estate enlarges by good management; a volume of air enlarges by rarefaction.

1. To be diffuse in speaking or writing; to expatiate. I might enlarge on this topic.

2. To exaggerate.
1913 Definition
Enlarge (enlarge)
v. t.(?)
En*large"
[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.

  4. 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.
  5. To speak or write at length; to be diffuse in speaking or writing; to expatiate; to dilate.

    To enlarge upon this theme. M. Arnold.

  6. To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; -- said of the wind.
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An attempt to conduct the affairs of a free government with wisdom and impartiality, and to preserve the just rights of all classes of citizens, without the guidance of Divine precepts, will certainly end in disappointment. God is the supreme moral Governor of the world He has made, and as He Himself governs with perfect rectitude, He requires His rational creatures to govern themselves in like manner. If men will not submit to be controlled by His laws, He will punish them by the evils resulting from their own disobedience.…
 Letter to David McClure :: October 25, 1837 




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