enlargern.
/ᵻnˈlɑːdʒə/, /ɛnˈlɑːdʒə/, U.S. /ᵻnˈlɑrdʒər/, /ɛnˈlɑrdʒər/ He who or that which enlarges.† 2. One who sets (a person) at large. Obsolete.
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a. In senses of enlarge v. 1 – 5.
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the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun] > one who or that which expands or enlarges
alargera1425
enlarger1545
dilater1605
extender1611
widener1611
expander1862
mushroom1916
1545 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Luke in Paraphr. New Test. (1548) f. 191 See ye what maner ministers and enlargers of his dominion..he chose out for the nons.
a1613 E. Brerewood Enq. Langs. & Relig. (1614) xxi. 151 Iacobus..was in his time a mighty inlarger of Eutiches sect, and maintainer of his opinion.
1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium II. iii. iii. §4 If religion be the..enlarger of kingdoms.
1774 T. West Antiq. Furness (1805) 424 The right reverend and very learned enlarger of Camden's Britannia.
1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. i. xxi. 269 The author of the Odyssey is not identical either with the author of the Achilleis or his enlargers.
b. spec. in Photography. One who, or an apparatus which, enlarges photographs.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > [noun] > processors
bromide printer1885
enlarger1886
developer1899
gum-worker1908
printer1966
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > processing and printing equipment > [noun] > enlarger
enlarger1886
1886 in W. D. Welford Photographer's Indispensable Handbk. (1887) 334 Bromised paper affords wonderful facilities to the enlarger, whether he be a professional or only a casual.
1894 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. Almanac 1895 1034 (advt.) The snap shot enlarger.
1911 Cassell's Cycl. Photogr. 221/2 The fixed-focus enlarger, a piece of apparatus in the form of a double box, which allows one degree of enlargement only.
1940 F. J. Mortimer Wall's Dict. Photogr. (ed. 15) 245 (heading) The vertical enlarger.
1959 Chambers's Encycl. X. 688/2 In some types of enlarger focusing is automatically adjusted to match the distance from enlarger lens to baseboard.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [noun] > release from confinement > one who
enlarger1611
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xvi. 652/2 Whereby the maine drift of his enlargers was not much aduanced.
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