Search the Dictionary

Made large or larger; extended; swollen. -- En*lar"ged*ly, adv. -- En*lar"ged*ness, n.

etc.; also a substance e. g., iodine) which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.

he acquirement of a taste." Addison. His acquirements by industry were . . . enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature. Hayward.

nd its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size of a cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy calyx; -- also called winter cherry, ground cherry, and strawberry tomato. D. C. Eaton.

ontagious matter. It may be transmitted to man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria. Called also splenic fever.

The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another.

or the breast of a coat, sometimes only a frog with a loop, but in some military uniforms enlarged into a broad horizontal stripe.

Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged. The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case. D. Daggett. In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way. E. Everett.

Headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged and rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers.

achian catheter. See under Eustachian. -- Prostatic catheter, one adapted for passing an enlarged prostate.

Enlarged gradually at the end, as the antennæ of certain insects.

hora. The name implies that the stomach and body cavities are one. The group is sometimes enlarged so as to include the sponges.

were glad to compound for his bare commitment to the Tower, whence he was within few days enlarged. Clarendon.

Expanded; enlarged. Shak.

A part of the receptacle enlarged or expanded under, or around, or even on top of, the pistil.

; 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.

Enlarged beyond bounds or the truth. -- Ex*ag"ger*a`ted*ly, adv.

To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to expand an equation. See Expansion, 5.

Capable of being extended, susceptible of being stretched, extended, enlarged, widened, or expanded.

sight; a fair view. The caliphs obtained a mighty empire, which was in a fair way to have enlarged. Sir W. Raleigh.