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Verb: enlarge  en'laa(r)j
  1. Make larger
    "She enlarged the flower beds"
     
  2. Become larger or bigger
    "The tumour enlarged rapidly"
     
  3. Make appear larger; make a larger copy
    "enlarge an image";
    - blow up, magnify
     
  4. Describe and explain in detail
    "The professor enlarged upon the theory";
    - elaborate, lucubrate [archaic], expatiate, exposit, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate

Derived forms: enlarged, enlarging, enlarges

Type of: clarify, clear up, elucidate, grow, increase

Encyclopedia: Enlarge