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sion, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an enlargement of views, of knowledge, of affection.

Chronic enlargement of the extremities and face.

A benign tumor of a glandlike structure; morbid enlargement of a gland. -- Ad`e*nom"a*tous, a.

r the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement; as, the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family.

A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold. Dryden. Ague cake, an enlargement of the spleen produced by ague. -- Ague drop, a solution of the arsenite of potassa used for ague. -- Ague fit, a fit of the ague. Shak. -- Ague spell, a spell or charm against ague. Gay. -- Ague tree, the sassafras, -- sometimes so calle…

Enlargement; amplification. [R.]

The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension.

An enlargement at the top of a pedicel or stem, as seen in certain mosses. Gray.

Enlargement by addition; increase.

The state of being augmented; enlargement.

A disease characterized by enlargement of the thyroid gland, prominence of the eyeballs, and inordinate action of the heart; -- called also exophthalmic goiter. Flint.

ling of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness.

An inflammation, with enlargement, of a limphatic gland, esp. in the groin, as in syphilis.

(Anat.) A small hollow bulb, such as an enlargement in a small vessel or tube.

An enlargement and inflammation of a small membranous sac (one of the bursæ muscosæ), usually occurring on the first joint of the great toe.

etirement, and opportunity of serious thoughts, to a person whose spirit . . . desires no enlargement beyond the cancels of the body. Jer. Taylor.

A flat-bottomed cylindrical enlargement of the mouth of a hole, usually of slight depth, as for receiving a cylindrical screw head.

An enlargement of the upper part of a hole, forming a cavity or depression for receiving the head of a screw or bolt.

Increase; enlargement. [Obs.] And toward the moon's attractive crescence bend. H. Brooke.

The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.