'Enlarged' definitions:

Definition of 'enlarged'

From: WordNet
adjective
(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]
adjective
As of a photograph; made larger; "the enlarged photograph revealed many details" [syn: blown-up, enlarged]
adjective
Larger than normal; "enlarged joints"
adjective
Enlarged to an abnormal degree; "thick lenses exaggerated the size of her eyes" [syn: exaggerated, magnified, enlarged]

Definition of 'Enlarged'

From: GCIDE
  • Enlarged \En*larged"\, a. Made large or larger; extended; swollen. -- {En*lar"ged*ly}, adv. -- {En*lar"ged*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Enlarged'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • To enlarge their possessions of land. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • O ye Corinthians, our . . . heart is enlarged. --2 Cor. vi. 11. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To set at large or set free. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
  • It will enlarge us from all restraints. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'enlarged'

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