enlarged

enlarged
    adj 1: (of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a
           result of increased size in the constituent cells;
           "hypertrophied myocardial fibers" [syn: {hypertrophied},
           {enlarged}] [ant: {atrophied}, {diminished}, {wasted}]
    2: as of a photograph; made larger; "the enlarged photograph
       revealed many details" [syn: {blown-up}, {enlarged}]
    3: larger than normal; "enlarged joints"
    4: enlarged to an abnormal degree; "thick lenses exaggerated the
       size of her eyes" [syn: {exaggerated}, {magnified},
       {enlarged}]
    

Enlarge \En*large"\, v. t. [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.
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            To enlarge their possessions of land. --Locke.
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   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.
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            O ye Corinthians, our . . . heart is enlarged. --2
                                                  Cor. vi. 11.
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   3. To set at large or set free. [Archaic]
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            It will enlarge us from all restraints. --Barrow.
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   {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}.
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Enlarged \En*larged"\, a.
   Made large or larger; extended; swollen. -- {En*lar"ged*ly},
   adv. -- {En*lar"ged*ness}, n.
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47 Moby Thesaurus words for "enlarged":
      accelerated, aggrandized, aggravated, ampliate, amplified, annoyed,
      augmented, beefed-up, bloated, boosted, broadened, built-up,
      crescendoed, deepened, deliberately provoked, elevated, embittered,
      enhanced, exacerbated, exasperated, expanded, extended, heated up,
      heightened, hiked, hotted up, increased, inflated, intensified,
      irritated, jazzed up, magnified, multiplied, proliferated,
      provoked, raised, reinforced, soured, spread, stiffened,
      strengthened, swollen, tightened, upped, widened, worse,
      worsened