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<hw>En*lard"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + <ets>lard</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>enlarder</ets> to put on the spit, Pr. & Sp. <ets>enlardar</ets> to rub with grease, baste.]</ety> <def>To cover or dress with lard or grease; to fatten.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>En*large"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Enlarged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Enlarging</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>enlargier</ets>; pref. <ets>en-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + F. <ets>large</ets> wide. See <er>Large</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To make larger; to increase in quantity or dimensions; to extend in limits; to magnify; <as>as, the body is <ex>enlarged</ex> by nutrition; to <ex>enlarge</ex> one's house.</as></def>

<blockquote>To <b>enlarge</b> their possessions of land. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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>as, knowledge <ex>enlarges</ex> the mind</as>.</def>

<blockquote>O ye Corinthians, our . . . heart is <b>enlarged</b>. <i>2 Cor. vi. 11.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To set at large or set free.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>It will <b>enlarge</b> us from all restraints. <i>Barrow.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Enlarging hammer</col>, <cd>a hammer with a slightly rounded face of large diameter; -- used by gold beaters.</cd> <i>Knight</i>. -- <mcol><col>To enlarge an</col> <col>order &or; rule</col></mcol> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>to extend the time for complying with it.</cd> <i>Abbott</i>. -- <col>To enlarge one's self</col>, <cd>to give free vent to speech; to spread out discourse.</cd> "They <i>enlarged<i> themselves on this subject." <i>Clarendon</i>. -- <col>To enlarge the heart</col>, <cd>to make free, liberal, and charitable.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- To increase; extend; expand; spread; amplify; augment; magnify. See <er>Increase</er>.</syn>

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<hw>En*large"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To grow large or larger; to be further extended; to expand; <as>as, a plant <ex>enlarges</ex> by growth; an estate <ex>enlarges</ex> by good management; a volume of air <ex>enlarges</ex> by rarefaction.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To speak or write at length; to be diffuse in speaking or writing; to expatiate; to dilate.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>enlarge</b> upon this theme. <i>M. Arnold.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; -- said of the wind.</def>

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<hw>En*larged"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Made large or larger; extended; swollen.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>En*lar"ged*ly</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>En*lar"ged*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

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<hw>En*large"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; <as>as, an <ex>enlargement</ex> of views, of knowledge, of affection</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A setting at large, or being set at large; release from confinement, servitude, or distress; liberty.</def>

<blockquote>Give <b>enlargement</b> to the swain. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Diffusiveness of speech or writing; expatiation; a wide range of discourse or argument.</def>

<blockquote>An <b>enlargement</b> upon the vices and corruptions that were got into the army. <i>Clarendon.</i></blockquote>