transitive. To broaden, spread abroad, expand.

transitive. To extend, enlarge (in later use spec. by excavation). Now English regional (northern) and Scottish.

To increase the size of (a material object); to add to, augment (a literary work, a person's wealth, the number or amount of anything). Formerly…

transitive. To enlarge, to increase; to widen, to expand; to extend. Obsolete.

transitive. To make greater in size, status, importance, etc.; to enlarge, increase, augment, or advance. Also: †to render magnificent (obsolete).

transitive. To increase or extend the size or scope of; to enlarge. Also: to enhance in quality.

transitive. To make larger or wider, to extend outwards, to expand. Also with †abroad, out, †up.

To enlarge or extend in space or capacity. Obs.

transitive. To make (something) broader; to broaden.

transitive. = expand, v. 1 3.

To enlarge, extend, increase in size, amount, or dignity; to amplify.

transitive. To make wider or larger; to increase the width of, widen; to expand, amplify, enlarge.

transitive. To extend; to make bigger, enlarge; to make longer in duration, prolong. Obsolete.

transitive. To increase the width or spatial extent of.

transitive. To cause to expand. Occasionally also intransitive: to expand. Obsolete.

transitive. To enlarge, extend, expand (territory, etc.); to spread abroad (glory, shame); to exalt, magnify; to spread wide (the arms). Obsolete.

To dilate, expand, enlarge.

transitive. To make thick or bulky; to increase in size. Obsolete.

= dilate, v.2

transitive. To make big; to increase, enlarge; to strengthen.

transitive. To cause to move forward in space or time; to extend. Obsolete.

transitive. To stretch, strain, make tense; to expand, dilate. literal and figurative. Obsolete.

transitive. ‘To spread out every way’ (Johnson); to cause to fill a larger space; to widen the… a material object. Also reflexive.

transitive. Printing. To set (matter) in such a way that it takes up more space than is expected or necessary. Also intransitive. Cf. to run in 16…

‘To amplify, augment, or enlarge.’ Bailey 1731; Johnson, etc.

transitive. To make broad or broader; to widen, dilate. literal and figurative.

transitive. To stretch (something) out over an area; to extend or expand (something). Frequently in passive.

transitive. To make large or larger; to enlarge, increase.

transitive. English regional. To enlarge; (figurative) to magnify, inflate. Now rare.