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   enlarge

   /ɪnˈlɑːdʒ/

   verb

   • 1. make or become larger or more extensive: "they have renovated and enlarged the four-storey building" Similar make/become biggermake/become largermake/become greaterincrease in sizegrowexpandextendamplifyaugmentbuild upadd tosupplementmagnifyintensifymultiplystretchswelldistendbloatbulgedilatesnowballmushroomblow uppuff upfattenfill outballoonwidenmake/become widerbroadenmake/become broaderlengthenelongatemake/become longerdeepenmake/become deeperthickenmake/become thickertop upinformal:jumboizeliterary:waxrare:tumefyintumesceprotuberateOpposite dwindlereduce
   • ▪ develop a larger print of (a photograph): "very often a favourite photograph is enlarged and framed"

   Word Origin Middle English (formerly also as inlarge): from Old French enlarger, from en- (expressing a change of state) + large ‘large’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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