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 en·large /ɪnˈlɑrʤ, ɛn-/
 (vt.)擴大,放大(vi.)擴大;詳述

 en·large /ɪnˈlɑrʤ/ 動詞
 擴大,擴展

 enlarge
 放大

 enlarge
 放大

 En·large v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enlarged p. pr. & vb. n. Enlarging ]
 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 To enlarge a 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.

 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.
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 enlarge
      v 1: make larger; "She enlarged the flower beds"
      2: make large; "blow up an image" [syn: blow up, magnify]
         [ant: reduce]
      3: become larger or bigger
      4: add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning
         of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing;
         "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
         [syn: elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, flesh
         out, expand, expound, dilate] [ant: abridge]