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 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}.