enlargementn.

/ɛnˈlɑːdʒmənt/

Forms: Also 1500s–1700s inlargement.

Etymology: < enlarge v. + -ment suffix.

The action of enlarging; the state of being enlarged.

a. Increase in extent, capacity, magnitude, or amount: an instance of such increase.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun]

waxingc1055

increasec1374

dilatationc1400

larging?a1425

magnification?a1425

bredingc1440

ampliation1509

enlarginga1513

dilating1532

ampliating1541

amplification1546

amplifying1553

propagation1563

enlargement1564

widening1569

growth1587

dilation1598

expatiation1612

diduction1634

expansion1635

extendinga1649

dispansion1658

elargement1680

expatiating1708

explicating1730

aggrandizement1772

extension1839

expanse1860

aggrandization1929

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun]

waxingc1055

increasingc1340

increasec1374

echinga1382

creasing1398

augmentinga1400

alarginga1425

moringa1425

augmentc1425

incrementc1425

creasec1440

increasement1509

enlarginga1513

enlargement1564

amplification1569

accession1570

usury1576

enhancement1577

growth1587

creasement1592

accrease1598

crescence1602

improvement1607

excrement1608

majoration1626

heightening1629

auction1692

turgescence1806

outgrowth1837

steepening1868

prolating1919

upgrading1920

1564 N. Haward tr. Eutropius Briefe Chron. vi. sig. K.v He gave the Daphnenses a percell of lande for the enlargemente of theyr groves or copyes.

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iii. xi. 168 Thenlargement or abridgement of functions ministeriall.

1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1679) 4 The repetition of graffing, for the inlargement and melioration of fruit.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. i. 12 The vast Enlargement of their locomotive Powers.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. iv. 91 An enlargement of the chapel..absorbed all extra funds and left none for the enlargement of the minister's income.

1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 330 Malarial enlargements of the spleen.

b. concrete. Something added so as to enlarge.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun] > an expanded thing or part

ampliation1590

enlargementa1691

expansion1860

a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) I. 587 (R.) Divers notes..to be inserted here and there, as inlargements in the next edition.

c. Photography. The process of enlarging a picture; a negative or print made of a larger size than the original.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > [noun] > enlargement or reduction in size

enlargement1866

reduction1871

megatypy1902

photoreduction1967

1866 J. Towler Negative & Print xiv. 129 (heading) The solar camera and solar enlargements.

1871 English Mechanic 17 Mar. 621/2 The inner body of large camera for enlargement.

1878 W. de W. Abney Treat. Photogr. xxix. 209 It can also be shown that an enlargement from a small negative is better than a picture of the same size taken direct as regards sharpness of detail.

1884 W. de W. Abney Instruct. Photogr. (ed. 6) 188 Enlarged negatives can be produced either by making an enlarged transparency, or by enlarging the negative from it in the camera. In all cases of enlargement the camera must be employed.

1903 A. Watkins Photography (ed. 2) 47 The five separate influences which decide an enlargement exposure.

1919 C. C. Turner Struggle in Air xv. 203 Often enlargements of these photographs revealed important changes undetected by the naked eye.

†2. Diffusion, propagation. Obsolete. Cf. enlarge v. 3a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [noun] > specifically of immaterial things

dilatation1448

propagation1531

dilating1532

enlargement1607

dilationa1631

radiationa1631

dispreadinga1652

factorship1697

rayonnement1910

haemorrhaging1967

1607 S. Hieron Discouerie of Hypocrisie in Wks. (1620) I. 247 We haue not laboured the inlargement of Gods truth.

1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 1 A great furtherance..to the enlargement of truth.

3. The widening or expanding of the mind, of a person's thoughts, sympathies, or affections; the quality of being ‘enlarged’ in mind, thought, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [noun]

franchisec1325

liberal-mindedness1625

unbiassednessa1656

unprejudicateness1660

unprejudicedness1664

unprejudice1721

liberality1783

enlargement1806

imprejudice1806

unpossessednessc1819

liberalism1820

open-mindedness1832

liberalness1861

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > high intelligence, genius > [noun] > breadth, depth, strength of intellect > expansion of

enlargement1806

1806 A. Knox Remains (1844) I. 96 His own enlargement of mind may raise him above..Judaism.

1850 R. W. Emerson Swedenborg in Representative Men iii. 137 His judgments are those of a Swedish polemic, and his vast enlargements purchased by adamantine limitations.

a1862 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1873) III. iii. 182 It prepared them for a certain enlargement of mind, which is the natural consequence of seeing affairs under various aspects.

4. Copious discourse or expatiation on a subject; also, verbal amplification. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > expatiation

walk1553

enlargement1659

expatiation1816

1659 O. Walker Some Instr. Art of Oratory 95 Doubled Sentences and enlargements by Synonymal Words..are but necessary.

1669 J. Bunyan Holy Citie 5 You must not from me look for much inlargement.

1684 Bp. G. Burnet tr. T. More Utopia 97 The old Men take occasion to entertain those about them, with some useful and pleasant Enlargements.

1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. 162 The Subject little needs Enlargement.

1747 W. Gould Acct. Eng. Ants Ded. I shall therefore forbear those usual Enlargements.

1762 D. Mallet Poems on Several Occasions Ep. Ded. sig. a2^v I restrain my pen from all enlargement.

a. Release from confinement or bondage.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [noun] > release from confinement

unbinding1382

releasing1395

loosing1415

dischargec1458

enlargement1540

release1559

relaxationa1578

unloosing1578

bail1598

loosening1598

releasant1606

enlarge1608

dismission1609

eluctation1627

to let go1631

relaxating1647

unfetteringa1653

disimprisonment1656

disimprisoning1659

absolute discharge1729

disincarceration1831

decarceration1963

1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 2 §9 After his enlargement and commyng out of pryson.

1611 Bible (King James) Esther iv. 14 Then shall there enlargement and deliuerance arise to the Jewes from another place.

1709 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels IV. 250 That Enlargement from the Slavery of Lusts and vicious Habits.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 35 The enclosed animal..by repeated efforts, at last procures its enlargement.

1875 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 12) i. ii. ii. §1. 153 The enlargement of the deer.

1883 Trevelyan in Daily News 24 Feb. 2/7 The enlargement from prison of Mr. Parnell.

†b. Freedom of action; concrete a right of free action, a privilege. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > [noun] > right or moral entitlement > a right

rightOE

charter1571

enlargementa1616

rectitude1660

dominiona1797

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) ii. iii. 117 Yet you are curb'd from that enlargement, by The consequence o' th' Crowne.

1646 J. Whitaker Danger of Greatnesse 3 The enlargements bestowed upon this person.

1649 J. Milton Observations in Articles of Peace with Irish Rebels 46 Such freedomes and enlargements, as none of their Ancestors could ever merit.

c. In religious use: Conscious ‘liberty’, absence of constraint, in prayer, etc. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > rule, rubric > [noun] > liberal attitude to

enlargement1648

1648 T. Hill Strength of Saints 19 Ministers find they have preached such a Sermon in such a place with very much enlargement.

a1733 D. Wilcox in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1871) II. Ps. xxvii. 4 What entertainments I have had! what enlargements in prayer, and answers thereto!

1739 J. Trapp Righteous Over-much 62 They talk much of..their Enlargements in Devotion.

1766 J. Wesley Jrnl. 31 July I preached with great enlargement of heart.

1870 R. Anderson Hist. Missions Amer. Board II. xviii. 147 Church members had wonderful enlargement and assistance in prayer.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	enlargement
释义	enlargementn. /ɛnˈlɑːdʒmənt/ Forms: Also 1500s–1700s inlargement. Etymology: < enlarge v. + -ment suffix. The action of enlarging; the state of being enlarged. 1. a. Increase in extent, capacity, magnitude, or amount: an instance of such increase. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun] waxingc1055 increasec1374 dilatationc1400 larging?a1425 magnification?a1425 bredingc1440 ampliation1509 enlarginga1513 dilating1532 ampliating1541 amplification1546 amplifying1553 propagation1563 enlargement1564 widening1569 growth1587 dilation1598 expatiation1612 diduction1634 expansion1635 extendinga1649 dispansion1658 elargement1680 expatiating1708 explicating1730 aggrandizement1772 extension1839 expanse1860 aggrandization1929 the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] waxingc1055 increasingc1340 increasec1374 echinga1382 creasing1398 augmentinga1400 alarginga1425 moringa1425 augmentc1425 incrementc1425 creasec1440 increasement1509 enlarginga1513 enlargement1564 amplification1569 accession1570 usury1576 enhancement1577 growth1587 creasement1592 accrease1598 crescence1602 improvement1607 excrement1608 majoration1626 heightening1629 auction1692 turgescence1806 outgrowth1837 steepening1868 prolating1919 upgrading1920 1564 N. Haward tr. Eutropius Briefe Chron. vi. sig. K.v He gave the Daphnenses a percell of lande for the enlargemente of theyr groves or copyes. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iii. xi. 168 Thenlargement or abridgement of functions ministeriall. 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1679) 4 The repetition of graffing, for the inlargement and melioration of fruit. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. i. 12 The vast Enlargement of their locomotive Powers. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. iv. 91 An enlargement of the chapel..absorbed all extra funds and left none for the enlargement of the minister's income. 1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 330 Malarial enlargements of the spleen. b. concrete. Something added so as to enlarge. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun] > an expanded thing or part ampliation1590 enlargementa1691 expansion1860 a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) I. 587 (R.) Divers notes..to be inserted here and there, as inlargements in the next edition. c. Photography. The process of enlarging a picture; a negative or print made of a larger size than the original. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > [noun] > enlargement or reduction in size enlargement1866 reduction1871 megatypy1902 photoreduction1967 1866 J. Towler Negative & Print xiv. 129 (heading) The solar camera and solar enlargements. 1871 English Mechanic 17 Mar. 621/2 The inner body of large camera for enlargement. 1878 W. de W. Abney Treat. Photogr. xxix. 209 It can also be shown that an enlargement from a small negative is better than a picture of the same size taken direct as regards sharpness of detail. 1884 W. de W. Abney Instruct. Photogr. (ed. 6) 188 Enlarged negatives can be produced either by making an enlarged transparency, or by enlarging the negative from it in the camera. In all cases of enlargement the camera must be employed. 1903 A. Watkins Photography (ed. 2) 47 The five separate influences which decide an enlargement exposure. 1919 C. C. Turner Struggle in Air xv. 203 Often enlargements of these photographs revealed important changes undetected by the naked eye. †2. Diffusion, propagation. Obsolete. Cf. enlarge v. 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [noun] > specifically of immaterial things dilatation1448 propagation1531 dilating1532 enlargement1607 dilationa1631 radiationa1631 dispreadinga1652 factorship1697 rayonnement1910 haemorrhaging1967 1607 S. Hieron Discouerie of Hypocrisie in Wks. (1620) I. 247 We haue not laboured the inlargement of Gods truth. 1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 1 A great furtherance..to the enlargement of truth. 3. The widening or expanding of the mind, of a person's thoughts, sympathies, or affections; the quality of being ‘enlarged’ in mind, thought, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [noun] franchisec1325 liberal-mindedness1625 unbiassednessa1656 unprejudicateness1660 unprejudicedness1664 unprejudice1721 liberality1783 enlargement1806 imprejudice1806 unpossessednessc1819 liberalism1820 open-mindedness1832 liberalness1861 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > high intelligence, genius > [noun] > breadth, depth, strength of intellect > expansion of enlargement1806 1806 A. Knox Remains (1844) I. 96 His own enlargement of mind may raise him above..Judaism. 1850 R. W. Emerson Swedenborg in Representative Men iii. 137 His judgments are those of a Swedish polemic, and his vast enlargements purchased by adamantine limitations. a1862 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1873) III. iii. 182 It prepared them for a certain enlargement of mind, which is the natural consequence of seeing affairs under various aspects. 4. Copious discourse or expatiation on a subject; also, verbal amplification. archaic. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > expatiation walk1553 enlargement1659 expatiation1816 1659 O. Walker Some Instr. Art of Oratory 95 Doubled Sentences and enlargements by Synonymal Words..are but necessary. 1669 J. Bunyan Holy Citie 5 You must not from me look for much inlargement. 1684 Bp. G. Burnet tr. T. More Utopia 97 The old Men take occasion to entertain those about them, with some useful and pleasant Enlargements. 1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. 162 The Subject little needs Enlargement. 1747 W. Gould Acct. Eng. Ants Ded. I shall therefore forbear those usual Enlargements. 1762 D. Mallet Poems on Several Occasions Ep. Ded. sig. a2^v I restrain my pen from all enlargement. 5. a. Release from confinement or bondage. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [noun] > release from confinement unbinding1382 releasing1395 loosing1415 dischargec1458 enlargement1540 release1559 relaxationa1578 unloosing1578 bail1598 loosening1598 releasant1606 enlarge1608 dismission1609 eluctation1627 to let go1631 relaxating1647 unfetteringa1653 disimprisonment1656 disimprisoning1659 absolute discharge1729 disincarceration1831 decarceration1963 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 2 §9 After his enlargement and commyng out of pryson. 1611 Bible (King James) Esther iv. 14 Then shall there enlargement and deliuerance arise to the Jewes from another place. View more context for this quotation 1709 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels IV. 250 That Enlargement from the Slavery of Lusts and vicious Habits. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 35 The enclosed animal..by repeated efforts, at last procures its enlargement. 1875 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 12) i. ii. ii. §1. 153 The enlargement of the deer. 1883 Trevelyan in Daily News 24 Feb. 2/7 The enlargement from prison of Mr. Parnell. †b. Freedom of action; concrete a right of free action, a privilege. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [noun] > right or moral entitlement > a right rightOE charter1571 enlargementa1616 rectitude1660 dominiona1797 a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) ii. iii. 117 Yet you are curb'd from that enlargement, by The consequence o' th' Crowne. View more context for this quotation 1646 J. Whitaker Danger of Greatnesse 3 The enlargements bestowed upon this person. 1649 J. Milton Observations in Articles of Peace with Irish Rebels 46 Such freedomes and enlargements, as none of their Ancestors could ever merit. c. In religious use: Conscious ‘liberty’, absence of constraint, in prayer, etc. archaic. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > rule, rubric > [noun] > liberal attitude to enlargement1648 1648 T. Hill Strength of Saints 19 Ministers find they have preached such a Sermon in such a place with very much enlargement. a1733 D. Wilcox in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1871) II. Ps. xxvii. 4 What entertainments I have had! what enlargements in prayer, and answers thereto! 1739 J. Trapp Righteous Over-much 62 They talk much of..their Enlargements in Devotion. 1766 J. Wesley Jrnl. 31 July I preached with great enlargement of heart. 1870 R. Anderson Hist. Missions Amer. Board II. xviii. 147 Church members had wonderful enlargement and assistance in prayer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1540
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