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单词 eslargish
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eslargishv.

Forms: In Middle English eslargys(s)he.
Etymology: < Old French eslargiss- lengthened stem of eslargir (modern French élargir ), < es- < Latin ex- + large : see large adj.
Obsolete.
a. transitive. To extend the range or scope of; = enlarge v. 3b.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)] > increase scope
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1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxxxxviii. 132 God..moueth hym self to pyte and eslargyssheth his misericorde.
b. reflexive. To set (oneself) at large; to free (oneself) from restraint. Cf. enlarge v. 6.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > free oneself [verb (reflexive)] > from restraint
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1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxiiii. 94 Ye may eslargysshe your self to say or do your wylle.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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