Word Meanings - ENLARGEMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an

Additional info about word: ENLARGEMENT

1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an enlargement of views, of knowledge, of affection. 3. A setting at large, or being set at large; release from confinement, servitude, or distress; liberty. Give enlargement to the swain. Shak. 4. Diffusiveness of speech or writing; expatiation; a wide range of discourse or argument. An enlargement upon the vices and corruptions that were got into the army. Clarendon.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ENLARGEMENT)

• Accession
• Arrival
• addition
• increase
• influx
• augmentation
• reinforcement
• enlargement
• extension
• Augmentation
• Increase
• amplification
• enrichment
• supply
• enhancement
• acquisition
• improvement

Related words: (words related to ENLARGEMENT)

• REINFORCEMENT
  See REëNFORCEMENT
• SUPPLYMENT
  A supplying or furnishing; supply. Shak.
• SUPPLY
  LL. suppletare, from L. supplere, suppletum; sub under + plere to 1. To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an aqueduct supplies an artificial
• ENLARGEMENT
  1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an
• INFLUX
  1. The act of flowing in; as, an influx of light. 2. A coming in; infusion; intromission; introduction; importation in abundance; also, that which flows or comes in; as, a great influx of goods into a country, or an influx of gold and silver. The
• ENHANCEMENT
  The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.
• ADDITION
  That part of arithmetic which treats of adding numbers. (more info) 1. The act of adding two or more things together; -- opposed to subtraction or diminution. "This endless addition or addibility of numbers." Locke. 2. Anything added; increase;
• ACQUISITION
  1. The act or process of acquiring. The acquisition or loss of a province. Macaulay. 2. The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition. Syn. -- See Acquirement.
• ADDITIONALLY
  By way of addition.
• INCREASE
  The period of increasing light, or luminous phase; the waxing; -- said of the moon. Seeds, hair, nails, hedges, and herbs will grow soonest if set or cut in the increase of the moon. Bacon. Increase twist, the twixt of a rifle groove in which the
• INFLUXION
  A flowing in; infusion. Bacon.
• AUGMENTATION
  A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor. Cussans. (more info) 1. The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase. 2. The state of being augmented; enlargement. 3. The thing
• INCREASEMENT
  Increase. Bacon.
• SUPPLYANT
  Supplying or aiding; auxiliary; suppletory. Shak.
• ADDITIONAL
  Added; supplemental; in the way of an addition.
• INFLUXIOUS
  Influential.
• EXTENSIONIST
  One who favors or advocates extension.
• EXTENSION
  That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space. (more info) 1. The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.
• ACCESSION
  The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm. Syn. -- Increase; addition; augmentation; enlargement. (more info) 1. A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.
• INFLUXIVE
  Having a tendency to flow in; having influence; influential. Holdsworth.
• REINCREASE
  To increase again.
• NONARRIVAL
  Failure to arrive.
• UNIVERSITY EXTENSION
  The extension of the advantages of university instruction by means of lectures and classes at various centers.
• SURADDITION
  Something added or appended, as to a name. Shak.
• COEXTENSION
  The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended.
• INEXTENSION
  Want of extension; unextended state.
• RESUPPLY
  To supply again.