Antonyms for enlarge

Grammar : Verb

Spell : en-lahrj

Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈlɑrdʒ

Definition of enlarge

Origin : mid-14c., "grow fat, increase;" c.1400, "make larger," from Old French enlargier "to make large," from en- "make, put in" (see en- (1)) + large (see large). Related: Enlarged; enlarging.

verb make or grow bigger; increase

Example sentences :

Travel, says she—enlarge your mind—why, how big would she have it?
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

I shall not enlarge on this, since most of us are in a position to enlarge on it for ourselves.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

The Viceroy, constrained to enlarge him, allotted the town for his place of confinement.
Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz

You tell me we ought to enlarge our sphere of sensation, and to extend the sources of happiness.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

On this part of the subject, however, I must not enlarge at present.
Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin

That was how, when I had gained some sort of opening, I set to work to enlarge it.
Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro

This being a self-evident proposition, we shall not enlarge upon it.
Extract from : « The Comic Latin Grammar » by Percival Leigh

He hoped to enlarge it greatly now that the country was going to be settled.
Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad

It is said that the suffrage is to be given to enlarge the sphere of woman's influence.
Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various

I will not enlarge on the family antecedents of the great composers.
Extract from : « Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I » by Herbert Spencer

Synonyms for enlarge

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