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enlarge

verb add to, aggrandize, amplificare, annex, augere, augment, broaden, build, build up, develop, dilatare, dilate, distend, elaborate, enhance, exaggerate, expatiate, extend, fatten, fill out, grow, inflate, intensify, lengthen, magnify, make greater, make larger, multiply, progress, protract, raise, spread, stretch, supplement, swell, widen
Associated concepts: materially alter, repair

TO ENLARGE. To extend; as, to enlarge a rule to plead, is to extend the time during which a defendant may plead. To enlarge, means also to set at liberty; as, the prisoner was enlarged on giving bail.

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Only 20 percent of producers age 50 or older have a succession plan in place (Figure 7; click to enlarge).

The issue of succession planning

2 Remove the strike plate, place it in a vise and enlarge the hole with a file.

Fix a door latch that won't catch

Use a 3/8" drill bit to enlarge the holes in one wood block to a depth of 1/2 inch.

Make sanding stuff easy

ONE FORM CAUSES, SORES ON THE SKIN, ALSO KNOWN AS "BAHGHDAD BOIL." LEFT UNTREATED, THE SORES CAN ENLARGE, CRUST OVER AND BECOME SLOW-GROWING ULCERS.

They came from beneath the sand!

"We were fortunate to be able to enlarge our offices.

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Expanding the education definition will enable these groups to enlarge their activities.

Advocacy and education. (Comments)

New technology can help you reproduce and enlarge photographs, even Polaroids or older photos without negatives.

Tap the power of pictures

With a TI ViewScreen, it's a snap to enlarge and project a TI calculator's display so the entire class can see it easily.

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The War Museum (of which more later) could only enlarge the current Merchant Navy part of the "Battle of the Atlantic" gallery at the expense of other worthy exhibits, and the size of the advisory committee would make a single member's input virtually worthless.

Seamen shafted again (government belittles contribution of merchant seamen)%XOTOT

However, by blending a familiar modern technology with an old-fashioned technique, you can take a favorite black-and-white picture, enlarge it, and create a memorable "art" print with a charm that seems at once dated, timeless, and contemporary.

Faded memories come to life

This seems a reasonable assumption based on one tradition practiced by the rubber industry, design and build a transfer mold with small diameter sprues and enlarge them, if necessary, to achieve a shorter fill time.