enlargedadj.
/ɛnˈlɑːdʒd/ 1. Increased, widened, dilated, extended; also figurative free from narrowness, liberal.
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the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [adjective] > expanded or enlarged
openOE
outlargeda1425
dilatedc1450
dilate1471
project?a1475
ampliated1570
enlarged1599
widened1612
extended1713
expanded1742
broadened1744
dilatate1846
larged?a1919
upsized1977
1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) Ded. 3 The enlarged contynuance of Youre honorable fauour.
1693 N. Mather in J. Owen 2 Disc. Holy Spirit Pref. sig. A2v Abundant Cause of Enlarged Thankfulness.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison V. xxxi. 206 His enlarged heart can rejoice in the happiness of his friends.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 63 More sober minds, and more enlarged understandings. View more context for this quotation
1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. vii. 109 A sinner for whom the most enlarged charity could hardly plead.
2. Liberated, set free.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [adjective] > liberated
well-deliveredc1515
franchised1576
enfranchised1579
released1587
liberate1598
affranchised1603
enlarged1645
emancipated1776
liberated1781
1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 9 Som delightfull intermissions, wherin the enlarg'd soul may leav off a while her severe schooling.
1886 W. Besant Children of Gibeon III. ii. xxxii. 246 The enlarged captive.
Derivatives
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the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [adverb] > in enlarged manner
enlargedly1625
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adverb]
amply1442
copiously1534
spaciously1614
enlargedly1625
voluminously1633
exuberantly1782
expansively1839
luxuriantly1840
1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem 172 Iustification is taken..enlargedly for that Act of God, etc.
1655 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 1st Pt. 277 Thou hearest others, how enlargedly they pray.
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the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun] > state of being expanded
enlargedness1642
expandedness1829
1642 G. Hughes Art of embalming Dead Saints To Rdr. sig. A3v If of truth and inlargednesse of heart to Christ, [etc.]
1647 J. Lilburne & R. Overton Out-cryes Oppressed Comm. 9 So say we in the inlargednesse of our soules.
1688 J. Bunyan Solomon's Temple xviii. 41 God's true Gospel-Temple, which is his Church, should have its enlargedness of heart still upward.
a1820 D. McClure Diary (1899) 105 Desire to be thankful for that freedom and enlargedness, with which I am sometimes favored.
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