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† aˈlarge, v. Obs.
[a. OFr. alargir to enlarge, f. à to + large large.]
1. trans. To make larger, increase; give largely.
c1380Wyclif Serm. (1879) I. xxxv. 93 Herfore preyden disciplis to alarge hem bileve. ― Gen. xxxii. 12 Alarge my seed as the grauel of the see. 1395? Purvey Remonst. (1851) 51 To alarge othir mayntene his seculer lordshipe. a1560Chaucer's Dream 156 Such part in their nativity Was them alarged of beauty.
2. intr. (OFr. s'alargir.) To extend oneself.
1382Wyclif Ps. v. 1 In tribulacioun thou hast alargid to me. [1388 Thou spraddest out to me. Cf. OFr. (in Godef.) En ma tribulatiun il s'est alargi a mi. Vulg. In tribulatione dilatasti mihi.] |