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To enlarge an order

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.

    To enlarge their possessions of land.
    --Locke.

  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.

    O ye Corinthians, our . . . heart is enlarged.
    --2 Cor. vi. 11.

  3. To set at large or set free. [Archaic]

    It will enlarge us from all restraints.
    --Barrow.

    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.