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Enlarge

To make larger; to increase in quantity or dimensions; to extend in limits; to magnify; as, the body is enlarged by nutrition; to enlarge one's house.

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Manner of action 13

Amplify 76% connected

To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc.

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Deepen 76% connected

To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel.

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Detail 76% connected

A minute portion; one of the small parts; a particular; an item; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the details of a scheme or transaction.

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Exemplify 76% connected

To show or illustrate by example.

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Expand 76% connected

To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.

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Expound 76% connected

To lay open; to expose to view; to examine.

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Illustrate 76% connected

To make clear, bright, or luminous.

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Instance 76% connected

The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.

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Magnify 76% connected

To make great, or greater; to increase the dimensions of; to amplify; to enlarge, either in fact or in appearance; as, the microscope magnifies the o…

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Particularize 76% connected

To give as a particular, or as the particulars; to mention particularly; to give the particulars of; to enumerate or specify in detail.

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Ream 76% connected

Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale.

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Specialize 76% connected

To mention specially; to particularize.

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Specify 76% connected

To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify the uses of a plant; to speci…

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Broader term 4

Clarify 76% connected

To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or sirup.

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Elucidate 76% connected

To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.

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Grow 76% connected

To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said…

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Increase 76% connected

To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance;…

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Derivationally related 6

Enlarger 74% connected

One that enlarges.

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Enlarger 74% connected

One that enlarges.

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Expansion 74% connected

The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement.

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Expansion 74% connected

The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement.

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Dilate 92% connected

To expand; to distend; to enlarge or extend in all directions; to swell; -- opposed to contract; as, the air dilates the lungs; air is dilated by inc…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Elaborate 92% connected

Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Expand 92% connected

To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Expatiate 92% connected

To range at large, or without restraint.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Expound 92% connected

To lay open; to expose to view; to examine.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lucubrate 92% connected

To study by candlelight or a lamp; to study by night.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Magnify 92% connected

To make great, or greater; to increase the dimensions of; to amplify; to enlarge, either in fact or in appearance; as, the microscope magnifies the o…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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