En-lärge'ment, n.

n. 1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; dilatation; expansion.

2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an enlargement of views, of knowledge, of affection.
3. A setting at large, or being set at large; release from confinement, servitude, distress, and the like; as, the enlargement of a prisoner.

Should any ill happen . . . through his present enlargement. De Quincey. 4. Diffusiveness of speech or writing; expatiation; a wide range of discourse or argument. An enlargement upon the vices and corruptions that were got into the army. Clarendon.