enlargement

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English enlarge Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English enlargement From enlarge + -ment.

1. An act or instance of making something larger.

   “Rick was ashamed about the size of his penis, so he had a penis enlargement.”

2. A making more obvious or serious; exacerbation.

   “Bathsheba underwent the enlargement of her husband's absence from hours to days with a slight feeling of surprise, and a slight feeling of relief; yet neither sensation rose at any time far above the level commonly designated as indifference.”

3. An image, particularly a photograph, that has been enlarged.
4. Freedom from confinement; liberty.

   “Go, tenderness of years; take this key, give enlargement to the swain, bring him festinately hither.”

5. Diffuseness of speech or writing; a speaking at length.

   “Briefly, a discourse generally consists in some prefatory remarks which pave the way as it were for the enlargement upon which a speaker usually enters when he speaks to any purpose.”

   “He could discover very little further interest in his breakfast and turned to the other papers for possible enlargement of the details.”