enlace 
enlace (en-las'), r. t.; pret. and pp. nilticnt, 
ppr. enlacing. [Also inlaee; < \l I-'.. mince*. < 
OF. enlacer, F. rulttrrr, interim*!', infold, = Pr. 
enlasnar, rulaimuir = Sp. i-ula:ar = Pg. enlaySr 
= It. iiiliiiTinri; ensnare, entangle, < L. in, in, 
4- laqueus, a string, lace: see tare.] 1. To 
fasten or im-lo.-c \\iili or as if with a lace; en- 
eiri'le; siirrounil; infold. 
That man . . . enlaceth hym in tlieeheync with whiche 
he may be drawen. rA. ,,/.., Bogthlus, i. meter 4. 
Tymlie, .luff it for tn abydi!, 
I'l.e pave or tloore it wele in somer tyde. 
Piillii.liii.*, lliisl,,,ndric(K. K. T. S.), p. 13. 
Ropes of pearl her neck and breast enlace. 
l: Fletcher, Piscatory Eclogues, vil. :u. 
2f. To entangle ; intertwine. 
That the g,nestiinn of the devyne purveaunce hetilaced 
with many other qiiestiouus, I understonde wel. 
Chaucer, Boethius, v. prose 1. 
enlacement (en -las 'ment), n. [< enlace + 
-ment.] The act of enlacing, or the state of 
being enlaced; an encircling; embracement. 
And round and round, with fold on fold, 
His tail about the imp he roll'd 
In fond and close enlacement. 
Southey, The Young Dragon, i. 
enlangouredt, " [( OF. enlangoure, pp. of en- 
liiii/iourer, languish, < ere- 4- langor, langur, lan- 
guor: see languor.] Faded. 
Of such a colour enlangonred, 
Was Abstinence ywls coloured. 
Kmn. of the Rote, 1. 7397. 
enlardt (en-liird'), 0. t. [Also inlard; < OF. cn- 
larder, spit, < en- + larder, lard: see lard, v.] 
To cover with lard or grease ; baste. 
That were to enlard his fat-already pride. 
Shot., T. and C., it 3. 
enlarge (en-larj'), . ; pret. and pp. enlarged, 
ppr. enlarging. [Formerly also inlarge ; < ME. 
i nlnrgen, ( OF. enlartjicr, enlargir. enlarger (cf. 
Pr. Pg. alargar = Sp. allargar = It. allargare), 
< en- + large, large: see en- 1 and large.] I. 
trans. 1. To make larger; add to; increase in 
extent, bulk, or quantity ; extend ; augment : as, 
to enlarge a building or a business. 
At night the Lord remembered us, and enlarged the 
wind to the N. Winthrop, Hist. New England, 1. 18. 
But he [Ahab] now heartily repented for the time ; and 
for the time of repentance God Marged his time of for- 
bearance. Stillinffjleet, Sermons, II. iv. 
Bacon . . . published a small volume of Essays, which 
was afterwards enlarged ... to many times its original 
hulk. Macaulay, Lord Bacon. 
2. To increase the capacity or scope of; ex- 
pand ; make more comprehensive. 
This Is that science which would truly enlarge men's 
minds were it studied. Locke. 
The world is enlarged for us, not by new objects, but by 
nnding more affinities and potencies In those we have. 
Emerson, Success. 
3. To increase in appearance ; magnify to the 
eye. 
Fancy's Iwam eiUarget, multiplies, 
Contracts, inverts, and gives ten thousand dyes. 
Pope, Moral Essays, i. 35. 
4. To set at large or at liberty ; fnve freedom 
or scope to; release from limitation, confine- 
ment, or pressure. 
Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness; thou 
hast enlarged me when I was in distress. Ps. iv. 1. 
\\ , have commission to possess the palace, 
Enlarge Prince Drusns, and make him our chief. 
B. Jotaon, Sejanus, v. 3. 
I make little doubt hut Noah was exceedingly glad when 
he was enlarged from the ark. ' '/>'-. 
5f. To state at large ; expatiate upon : in this 
sense now followed by mi or tt/ion. See II., '2. 
Then in my tent, Cassius, enlarge your griefs, 
And 1 will give you audience. Shale., i. C., iv. 2. 
Were there nought else t' enlarii? your virtues to me, 
These answers speak your breeding and v<nir MIMM!. 
B. Joniton, Alchemist, iv. 1. 
6t. To awaken strong religious feeling in; "en- 
large the heart" of; hence, to move to utter- 
ance ; cause or permit to expatiate : often re- 
flexive. 
Mr. Wilson was much inlnrwd, and spake so terribly, 
\et so -iaeion-h , si miu'ht have affected a heart not quite 
shut up. T. SheiHtnl. Clear Sunshine of the Gospel, p. 11. 
My mind \vas not to rnlnr>i? mi/ ne(r', r any further, but in 
respeote of diverse poors' souls here. 
Lyford, quoted in Bradford's Plymouth Plantation. |> 1-1. 
I will enlarge mwtf no further to you at this time. 
11',,'iYll, Letters, I. I. 29. 
7. In old law, to give further time to; extend. 
postpone, or continue: :is. to ciilitrtje a rule or 
an order Enlarging-hamnier. *ee inmn>t.>r. En- 
larging statute, see *ti,t,tf,; -To enlarge the heart*, 
to awaken > ifi.in. 
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II. intrant. 1. To grow large or larger; in- 
crease; dilate; expand: as, a plant enlarges by 
growth; an estate enlarge* by good manage- 
ment. 
There is an Immense field here for the growing powers 
and n / activities of women; but we d<> not 
seem to be getting at and into it in the best way. 
N. llmcles, in Men-lam, II. 164. 
2. To speak at large ; be diffuse in speaking or 
writing; expatiate; amplify: with on or upon. 
This is a theme so unpleasant, I delight not to enlarge 
on it. Decay of Christian Piety. 
The Turks call It Merchab, and enlarge much upon the 
.Sieges it has sustaln'd in fonner times. 
Maundrell, Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 17. 
While supper was preparing, he enlarged upon the hap- 
piness of the neighboring shire. 
Additon, The Tory Foxhuntrr. 
3. To exaggerate. 
At least, a severe critic would be apt to think I enlarge 
a little, as travellers are often suspected to do. 
Swift, Gulliver's Travels, II. 4. 
4. Inphotog., to make enlargements ; practise 
solar printing. See enlargement, 8. 
enlarge! (en-Jiirj'), n. ((enlarge, v.] Freedom; 
liberty; enlargement. 
My absence may procure thy more enlarge. 
Middleton, Family of Love, I. 2. 
enlarged (en-larjd'), p. a. [Pp. of enlarge, v.] 
Not narrow or confined ; expanded; broad; com- 
prehensive; liberal. 
They are extremely suspicions of any enlarged or general 
views. Brougham, Lord Chief Justice Gibbs. 
Enlarged tarsi, in entinn., same as dilated tarsi (which 
see, uniler dilated). 
enlargedly (en-liir'jed-li), adv. With enlarge- 
ment. 
Justification Is taken two ways in Scripture; strict* 
magis, and extensive ; precisely . . . and enlargedly. 
Bp. Mountagu, Appeal to Ctesar, vi. 
enlargedness (en-lar'jed-nes), n. The state of 
being enlarged. Christian Examiner. 
enlargement (en-larj'ment), n. [< enlarge + 
-ment.] 1. The act of increasing in size or 
bulk, real or apparent ; the state of being in- 
creased; augmentation; dilatation; expansion: 
as, the enlargement of a field by the addition of 
two or three acres; enlargement of the heart. 
.Simple enlargement of the spleen occurs under a variety 
of circumstances. (iuain, Med. Diet., p. 1510. 
2. Something added on ; an addition. 
Every little enlargement is a feast to the poor, but he 
that feasts every day feasts no day. 
Jer. Taylor, Holy Living, iv. 8. 
And all who told it added something new ; 
And all who heard it made enlargements too. 
Pojte, Temple of Fame, 1. 471. 
3. Expansion or extension, as of powers and 
influence; an increase of capacity, scope, or 
comprehension, as of the sympathies and char- 
acter. 
Earnestly intreat the immortal God for the enlargement 
and extension here of the kingdom of Christ. 
Peter Martyr, in Bradford's Works (Parker Soc., 1853), 
(II. 4O8. 
However, these little, idle, angry controversies proved 
occasions of etUargements to the church of God. 
C. Mather, Mag. Chris., I. 6. 
4. Release from captivity, bondage, distress, 
or the like ; a setting at large or at liberty. 
Then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to 
the Jews. Esther Iv. 14. 
Chrys. How does my dear Eugenia? 
fug. As well 
As this restraint will give me leave, and yet 
It does appear a part of my enlargement 
To have your company. 
Shirley, Love in a Maze, IT. 1. 
5. The state or condition of being at large or 
unrestrained. 
The desire of life and health is implanted in man's na- 
ture -. the love of liberty and enlargement is a sister pas- 
sion to it. Sterne, Tristram Shandy, ii. 4. 
6. Diffuseness of speech or writing; expatia- 
t ion on a particular subject ; extended discourse 
or argument. 
He concluded with an enlargement upon the vices and 
corruptions which were got into the army. 
Clarendon, Great Rebellion. 
7. In the calculus of finite differences, the oper- 
ation of changing a function by adding unity 
to the variable. It is denoted by the letter E*. 
Thus, E log:r = log (jr+1). 8. In photog., a 
picture of :my kind, especially a positive, made 
of a larger size than the negative from which 
it is taken. See solar printing, under printing. 
- Calculus of enlargement. See calculut. 
enlarger (en-lar'jer), n. One who or that which 
enlarges, increases, extends, or expands; an 
amplifier. 
enlightenment 
Bolloiuus the Gaille, that was the inlarger thereof, 
swayed It [Milan) many yean. Coryat, Crudities, I. 130. 
The newspaper is the great enlarger of our inU-lli-ctual 
horizon. The American, VI. 407. 
enlaurel (en-la'rel), r. t. ; pret. and pp. riiluu- 
relcd or cnlaurelletl, ppr. fntanreling or enlaurel- 
ling. [< CTi-1 + laurel.] To crown with laurels. 
[Poetical.] 
For Swalnes that con no skill of holy race 
Bene foe-men to falre skll's enlaurrell'd Queen. 
Daniet, Eclogue, p. 20. 
enlayt (en-la'), v. t. An obsolete variant of 
mini/. 
enleagne (en -leg'), v. t. ; pret. and pp. en- 
leagued, ppr. i n In i ii unlit. [< en-* + league 1 .] 
To bring into league. [Poetical.] 
For now It doth appear 
That he, enleagued with robbers, was the spoiler. 
J. BailUt. 
enlegeancet, . A variant of allegeance 3 . 
enlengthent (en-leng'thn), v. t. [< en- 1 + 
lengthen.] To lengthen; prolong; elongate. 
Never Sunday or holiday passes without some pnblicke 
meeting or other : where intermixed with women they [the 
Greeks] dance out the day, and with full crown'd cups en- 
lengthen their Jollity. Sandys, Travalles, p. 11. 
enlev6 (F. pron. on-le-va'), a. [F., pp. of en- 
lever = Pr. Sp. (obs.) Pg. enlerar, lift up, < L. 
inde, thence, + lerare, lift, < levin, light : see ler- 
ity, and cf . elevate.] In her., raised or elevated : 
often synonymous with enhanced. [Rare.] 
enlevent, a. and n. A Middle English form of 
eleven. 
enliancet, n. [ME., < OF. cnliance, bond, obli- 
gation ; cf . ni/iii in-i-.\ Same as alliance. 
enlightt (en-lit'), v. t. [< en-1 + light*. Cf. 
AS. inlyhtan, inlihtan, also onlyhtan, etc., illu- 
minate, < in or on, on, + lyhtan, > E. lighfl, v. 
Cf. i iiiii/liti n.\ To illuminate ; enlighten. 
The wisest king refus'd all Pleasures quite, 
Till Wisdom from aliove did him etilight. 
Cou'ley, The Mistress, Wisdom. 
enlighten (en-li'tn), t\ t. [Formerlv also '- 
lighten; < en- 1 + lighten^. Cf. enlighi.] 1. To 
shed light upon ; supply with light ; illuminate. 
[Obsolete or archaic.] 
His lightnings enlightened the world. Ps. xcvii. 4. 
Ryene, seated under the Tropick of Cancer, In which 
was a well of marvellous depth, enlightnett throughout hy 
the Sun. Sandy*. Travailes, p. 86. 
2. To give intellectual or spiritual light to; 
illuminate by increase of knowledge and wis- 
dom ; instruct ; impart knowledge to : as, to en- 
lighten an ignorant community; she was soon 
enlightened as to his motives. 
For It is impossible for those who were once enlight- 
ened, ... if they shall fall away, to renew them again 
unto repentance. Heb. vl. 4-6. 
Tis he \\hoenligtitemt our understandings. Roger*. 
The conscience enlightened by the Word and Spirit of 
God. Abp. Trench. 
= Syn. 1. To Illume, illumine, Irradiate. 2. To teach, 
enlightened (en-li'tnd), p. a. [Pp. of enlighten, 
r.] If. Illuminated; supplied with light; light- 
giving. 
Mr. Bradley, F. R. s , supposes the Will with the Wisp 
to be no more than a Group of small enlightened Insects. 
Bourne's Pop. Antia. (1777), p. 372. 
2. Possessing or manifesting enlightenment ; 
having or showing much knowledge or acquired 
wisdom ; specifically, freed from blinding igno- 
rance, prejudice, superstition, etc. : used to note 
the highest stage of general human advance- 
ment, as in the series savage, barbarous, half- 
civilized, civilized, and enlightened. 
It pleases me sometimes to think of the very great num- 
ber of important subjects which have been discussed in 
the Edinburgh Review in so enlightetted a manner. 
Sydney Smith, in Lady Holland, Iv. 
enlightener (en-li'tn-er), n. One who illumi- 
nates; one who or that which communicates 
light to the eye or clear views to the mind. 
O sent from Heaven, 
Enlightenrr of my darkness, gracious things 
Thou hast reveal'd. Milton, P. I... xii. 271. 
He Is the prophet shorn of his more awful splendours, 
burning with mild equable radiance, as the enlightenrr of 
daily life. Carljfle. 
enlightenment (en-li'tn-ment), n. [< enlighten 
+ -ment. ] I. The act of enlightening, or the 
state of being enlightened; attainment or pos- 
session of intellectual light; used absolutely, a 
lighting up or enlargement of the understanding 
by means of acquired knowledge and wisdom ; . 
more narrowly, an illumination of the mind or 
acquisition of knowledge with regard to a par- 
ticular subject or fact. 
Their laws, If inferior to modern jurisprudence, do not 
fall short of the enlightenment of the age in which Parlia- 
ment designed them. Sir E. May, Const. Hist Eng., L vi. 
