Enlarge
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
denotes "to make great" (from megas, "great"), Matthew 23:5 , "enlarge;" 2—Corinthians 10:15 , AV, "enlarged," RV, "magnified;" elsewhere in the AV it is rendered by the verb "to magnify," except in Luke 1:58 , AV, "had showed great (mercy)," RV, "had magnified (His mercy); see Luke 1:46; Acts 5:13; 10:46; 19:17; Philippians 1:20 . See Magnify.
"to make broad," from platus, "broad," is translated "enlarged" in 2—Corinthians 6:11,13 (metaphorically), "make broad," Matthew 23:5 (literally). From the primary sense of freedom comes that of the joy that results from it. See Broad. Cp. platos, "breadth," and plateia, "a street."
King James Dictionary [2]
ENL`ARGE, enlarj. from large. To make greater in quantity or dimensions to extend in limits, breadth or side to expand in bulk. Every man desires to enlarge his possessions the prince, his dominions. and the landholder, his farm. The body is enlarged by nutrition, and a good man rejoices to enlarge the sphere of his benevolence.
God shall enlarge Japhet. Genesis 9
1. To dilate to expand as with joy or love.
O ye, Corinthians, our mouth is open to you, our
heart is enlarged.
2. To expand to make more comprehensive. Science enlarges the mind. 3. To increase in appearance to magnify to the eye as by a glass. 4. To set at liberty to release from confinement or pressure. 5. To extend in a discourse to diffuse in eloquence.
They enlarged themselves on this subject.
In this application, the word is generally intransitive.
6. To augment to increase to make large or larger, in a general sense a word of general application.
To enlarge the heart, may signify to open and expand in good will to make free, liberal and charitable.
ENL`ARGE, enlarj. To grow large or larger to extend to dilate to expand. A plant enlarges by growth an estate enlarges by good management a volume of air enlarges by rarefaction.
1. To be diffuse in speaking or writing to expatiate. I might enlarge on this topic. 2. To exaggerate.
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): ( v. t.) To set at large or set free.
(2): ( v. i.) To speak or write at length; to be diffuse in speaking or writing; to expatiate; to dilate.
(3): ( v. t.) 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.
(4): ( v. t.) 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.
(5): ( v. i.) To grow large or larger; to be further extended; to expand; as, a plant enlarges by growth; an estate enlarges by good management; a volume of air enlarges by rarefaction.
(6): ( v. i.) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; - said of the wind.
