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enlarge
verb
1 enlarge
Make larger.
Roget 750:
liberate,
free;
set free,
set clear,
set at liberty;
render free,
emancipate,
release;
enfranchise,
affranchise†;
manumit;
enlarge;
disband,
discharge,
disenthrall,
disenthral,
dismiss;
let go,
let loose,
loose,
let out,
let slip;
cast adrift,
turn adrift;
deliver
etc.
672;
absolve
etc.
(acquit)
970.
unfetter
etc.
751,
untie
etc.
43;
loose
etc.
(disjoin)
44;
loosen,
relax;
unbolt,
unbar,
unclose,
uncork,
unclog,
unhand,
unbind,
unchain,
unharness,
unleash;
disengage,
disentangle;
clear,
extricate,
unloose.
gain one's liberty,
obtain one's liberty,
acquire one's liberty
etc.
748;
get rid of,
get clear of;
deliver oneself from;
shake off the yoke,
slip the collar;
break loose,
break prison;
tear asunder one's bonds,
cast off trammels;
escape
etc.
671.
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Roget 31:
be great
etc.
adj.;
run high,
soar,
tower,
transcend;
rise to a great height,
carry to a great height;
know no bounds;
ascend,
mount.
enlarge
etc.
(increase)
35,
(expand)
194.
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Dutch: vergroten
2 enlarge
Make large.
synonyms: blow up, magnify.
Roget 35:
increase,
augment,
add to,
enlarge;
dilate
etc.
(expand)
194;
grow,
wax,
get ahead.
gain strength;
advance;
run up,
shoot up;
rise;
ascend
etc.
305;
sprout
etc.
194.
aggrandize;
raise,
exalt;
deepen,
heighten;
strengthen;
intensify,
enhance,
magnify,
redouble;
aggravate,
exaggerate;
exasperate,
exacerbate;
add fuel to the flame,
oleum addere camino [Lat.],
superadd
etc.
(add)
37;
spread
etc.
(disperse)
73.
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Roget 194:
become larger
etc.
(large)
etc.
192;
expand,
widen,
enlarge,
extend,
grow,
increase,
incrassate†,
swell,
gather;
fill out;
deploy,
take open order,
dilate,
stretch,
distend,
spread;
mantle,
wax;
grow up,
spring up;
bud,
bourgeon [Fr.],
shoot,
sprout,
germinate,
put forth,
vegetate,
pullulate,
open,
burst forth;
gain flesh,
gather flesh;
outgrow;
spread like wildfire,
overrun.
be larger than;
surpass
etc.
(be superior)
33.
render larger
etc.
(large)
etc.
192;
expand,
spread,
extend,
aggrandize,
distend,
develop,
amplify,
spread out,
widen,
magnify,
rarefy,
inflate,
puff,
blow up,
stuff,
pad,
cram;
exaggerate;
fatten.
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Dutch: vergroten
3 enlarge
4 enlarge
Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing.
synonyms: dilate, elaborate, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate.
Roget 573:
be diffuse
etc.
adj.;
run out on,
descant,
expatiate,
enlarge,
dilate,
amplify,
expand,
inflate;
launch out,
branch out;
rant.
maunder,
prose;
harp upon
etc.
(repeat)
104;
dwell on,
insist upon.
digress,
ramble,
battre la campagne [Fr.],
beat about the bush,
perorate,
spin a long yarn,
protract;
spin out,
swell out,
draw out;
battologize†.
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Dutch: uitweiden, verklaren, exponeren, uiteendoen, uiteenzetten
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