"enlarge" meaning in English

See enlarge in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈlɑːd͡ʒ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪnˈlɑɹd͡ʒ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-enlarge.ogg Forms: enlarges [present, singular, third-person], enlarging [participle, present], enlarged [participle, past], enlarged [past]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dʒ Etymology: From Middle English enlargen, from Old French enlargier, enlargir. By surface analysis, en- + large. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|enlargen}} Middle English enlargen, {{der|en|fro|enlargier}} Old French enlargier, {{surf|en|en-|large}} By surface analysis, en- + large Head templates: {{en-verb}} enlarge (third-person singular simple present enlarges, present participle enlarging, simple past and past participle enlarged)
  1. (transitive) To make (something) larger. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-enlarge-en-verb-dY5mqn96
  2. (intransitive) To grow larger. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Size
    Sense id: en-enlarge-en-verb-v35UrvqX Disambiguation of Size: 7 33 30 17 13 0 0
  3. (transitive) To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, etc. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Size
    Sense id: en-enlarge-en-verb-IPm69VEf Disambiguation of Size: 7 33 30 17 13 0 0
  4. (intransitive) To speak or write at length upon or on (some subject); expand; elaborate Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Size Synonyms (speak or write at length): dilate, expatiate
    Sense id: en-enlarge-en-verb-9M0cL3k~ Disambiguation of Size: 7 33 30 17 13 0 0 Disambiguation of 'speak or write at length': 0 0 0 94 6 0 0
  5. (archaic) To release; to set at large. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Size
    Sense id: en-enlarge-en-verb-TcPCIPrG Disambiguation of Size: 7 33 30 17 13 0 0 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with en- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with en-: 11 12 13 9 24 13 18
  6. (nautical) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; said of the wind. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-enlarge-en-verb-Ef9CGux- Topics: nautical, transport
  7. (law) To extend the time allowed for compliance with (an order or rule). Categories (topical): Law
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: inlarge [archaic] Synonyms (make larger, expand): embiggen, enlargen, largen, greaten Derived forms: enlarge oneself, enlarge up, re-enlarge Related terms: magnify, supersize Translations (make larger): μεγαλύνω (megalúnō) (Ancient Greek), كَبَّرَ (kabbara) (Arabic), böyütmək (Azerbaijani), iriləşdirmək (Azerbaijani), ledanaat (Breton), увеличавам (uveličavam) (Bulgarian), уголемявам (ugolemjavam) (Bulgarian), allargai (Campidanese Sardinian), engrandir (Catalan), allargar (Catalan), 放大 (fàngdà) (Chinese Mandarin), 增大 (zēngdà) (Chinese Mandarin), 加大 (jiādà) (Chinese Mandarin), zvětšovat [imperfective] (Czech), zvětšit [perfective] (Czech), forstørre (Danish), uitvergroten (Dutch), vergroten (Dutch), pligrandigi (Esperanto), grandigi (Esperanto), suurentaa (Finnish), laajentaa (Finnish), agrandir (French), élargir (French), accroître (French), allargai (Gallurese), vergrößern (German), 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (mikiljan) (Gothic), allivaa (Greenlandic), הִגְדִּיל (higdíl) (Hebrew), stækka (Icelandic), memperbesar (Indonesian), membesarkan (Indonesian), allargare (Italian), 拡大する (kakudai suru) (alt: かくだいする) (Japanese), grandiō (Latin), зголемува (zgolemuva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), зголеми (zgolemi) [perfective] (Macedonian), whakarahi (Maori), forstørre (Norwegian), powiększać (Polish), powiększyć (Polish), rozszerzać (Polish), rozszerzyć (Polish), aumentar (Portuguese), ampliar (Portuguese), engrandecer (Portuguese), hatunchay (Quechua), увели́чивать (uvelíčivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), увели́чить (uvelíčitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), расширя́ть (rasširjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), расши́рить (rasšíritʹ) [perfective] (Russian), allargà (Sassarese), povečati (Slovene), ampliar (Spanish), agrandar (Spanish), engrandecer (Spanish), engrandar (Spanish), förstora (Swedish), பெருக (peruka) (Tamil), పెరుగుట (peruguṭa) (Telugu), boỏng (Tày), збі́льшувати (zbílʹšuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), збі́льшити (zbílʹšyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), розши́рювати (rozšýrjuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), розши́рити (rozšýryty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), ychwanegu (Welsh), פֿאַרגרעסערן (fargresern) (Yiddish)
Disambiguation of 'make larger, expand': 15 18 26 25 2 1 13 Disambiguation of 'make larger': 37 37 2 1 5 1 17

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "enlarge oneself"
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        "(transitive) To make (something) larger."
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          "text": "O ye Corinthians, our […] heart is enlarged.",
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          "text": "I shall enlarge upon the Point.",
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          "ref": "1926, T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, New York: Anchor, published 1991, page 167:",
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          "ref": "a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:",
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          "text": "Finding no meanes how I might us enlarge, / But if that Dwarfe I could with me convay, / I lightly snatcht him up and with me bore away.",
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          "ref": "a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). Of Contentment”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:",
          "text": "It will enlarge us from all restraints.",
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          "ref": "1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:",
          "text": "Uncle of Exeter, enlarge the man committed yesterday, that rail'd against our person. We consider it was excess of wine that set him on.",
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          "text": "In hospital he gave his parole, and was enlarged after paying for the torn blanket.",
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          "ref": "1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:",
          "text": "In the morning, said Mr. Case, as soon as Mr. Gorman, or Mr. Nolan arrives, you will be let out, and free to come and go, as you please. Watt replied that that would indeed be something to look forward to, and a comfort to him during the night, the prospect of being enlarged, in the morning, by Mr. Gorman, or Mr. Nolan, and made free to come and go, as he listed.",
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      "word": "magnify"
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        "(transitive) To make (something) larger."
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        "(intransitive) To grow larger."
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          "text": "Knowledge enlarges the mind.",
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          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Corinthians 6:11:",
          "text": "O ye Corinthians, our […] heart is enlarged.",
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        "(transitive) To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, etc."
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        "transitive"
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        {
          "ref": "1663 (indicated as 1664), [Samuel Butler], “The Second Part of Hudibras”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678, →OCLC; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC, page 2:",
          "text": "I shall enlarge upon the Point.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1926, T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, New York: Anchor, published 1991, page 167:",
          "text": "He began to enlarge on the nature of the ground.",
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        }
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          "expand",
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        "(intransitive) To speak or write at length upon or on (some subject); expand; elaborate"
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        "intransitive"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "The New Arcadia",
          "ref": "a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Like a Lionesse lately enlarged.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Finding no meanes how I might us enlarge, / But if that Dwarfe I could with me convay, / I lightly snatcht him up and with me bore away.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). Of Contentment”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:",
          "text": "It will enlarge us from all restraints.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:",
          "text": "Uncle of Exeter, enlarge the man committed yesterday, that rail'd against our person. We consider it was excess of wine that set him on.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1926, T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, New York: Anchor, published 1991, page 167:",
          "text": "In hospital he gave his parole, and was enlarged after paying for the torn blanket.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:",
          "text": "In the morning, said Mr. Case, as soon as Mr. Gorman, or Mr. Nolan arrives, you will be let out, and free to come and go, as you please. Watt replied that that would indeed be something to look forward to, and a comfort to him during the night, the prospect of being enlarged, in the morning, by Mr. Gorman, or Mr. Nolan, and made free to come and go, as he listed.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To release; to set at large."
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          "at large"
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        "(archaic) To release; to set at large."
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        "archaic"
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      "glosses": [
        "To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; said of the wind."
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          "nautical"
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        "(nautical) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; said of the wind."
      ],
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        "transport"
      ]
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        {
          "ref": "1795, Charles Runnington, The History, Principles and Practice […] :",
          "text": "the court would not take farther time to adjourn and deliberate, where the term was near spent, unless the parties would consent to enlarge it",
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        }
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        "(law) To extend the time allowed for compliance with (an order or rule)."
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    {
      "sense": "make larger, expand",
      "word": "embiggen"
    },
    {
      "sense": "make larger, expand",
      "word": "enlargen"
    },
    {
      "sense": "make larger, expand",
      "word": "largen"
    },
    {
      "sense": "make larger, expand",
      "word": "greaten"
    },
    {
      "sense": "speak or write at length",
      "word": "dilate"
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      "sense": "speak or write at length",
      "word": "expatiate"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "inlarge"
    }
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kabbara",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "كَبَّرَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "böyütmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "iriləşdirmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "ledanaat"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uveličavam",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "увеличавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ugolemjavam",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "уголемявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "engrandir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "allargar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fàngdà",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "放大"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zēngdà",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "增大"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiādà",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "加大"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zvětšovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zvětšit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "forstørre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "uitvergroten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "vergroten"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "pligrandigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "grandigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "suurentaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "laajentaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "agrandir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "élargir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "accroître"
    },
    {
      "code": "sdn",
      "lang": "Gallurese",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "allargai"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "vergrößern"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "mikiljan",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "megalúnō",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "μεγαλύνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "allivaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "higdíl",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "הִגְדִּיל"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "stækka"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "memperbesar"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "membesarkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "allargare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かくだいする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kakudai suru",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "拡大する"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "grandiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zgolemuva",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "зголемува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zgolemi",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зголеми"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "whakarahi"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "forstørre"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "powiększać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "powiększyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "rozszerzać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "rozszerzyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "aumentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "ampliar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "engrandecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "hatunchay"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uvelíčivatʹ",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "увели́чивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uvelíčitʹ",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "увели́чить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rasširjátʹ",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "расширя́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rasšíritʹ",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "расши́рить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "allargai"
    },
    {
      "code": "sdc",
      "lang": "Sassarese",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "allargà"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "povečati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "ampliar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "agrandar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "engrandecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "engrandar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "förstora"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "peruka",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "பெருக"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "peruguṭa",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "పెరుగుట"
    },
    {
      "code": "tyz",
      "lang": "Tày",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "boỏng"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zbílʹšuvaty",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "збі́льшувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zbílʹšyty",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "збі́льшити"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozšýrjuvaty",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "розши́рювати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozšýryty",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "розши́рити"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "ychwanegu"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "fargresern",
      "sense": "make larger",
      "word": "פֿאַרגרעסערן"
    }
  ],
  "word": "enlarge"
}

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