enlargement
[en-lahrj-muh nt]
noun
Origin of enlargement
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growth, augmentation, amplification, spread, elongation, aggrandizement, extensionExamples from the Web for enlargement
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Historical Examples of enlargement
None of the bookmakers here will ever die of enlargement of the heart.
Old Man CurryCharles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
In the enlargement of my mother I afford you the means of satisfying Rome.
The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second SeriesRafael Sabatini
My trouble was enlargement of the womb, also had ovarian trouble.
Treatise on the Diseases of WomenLydia E. Pinkham
But when we have passed through it, what enlargement do we find!
The Autobiography of Madame GuyonJeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
The enlargement of the house of the National Legislature had not yet begun.
Charles Carleton CoffinWilliam Elliot Griffis, D. D.
enlargement
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