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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enlarged adj (of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells; "hypertrophied myocardial fibers" Synonym(s): hypertrophied, enlarged Antonym(s): atrophied, diminished, wasted as of a photograph; made larger; "the enlarged photograph revealed many details" Synonym(s): blown-up, enlarged larger than normal; "enlarged joints" enlarged to an abnormal degree; "thick lenses exaggerated the size of her eyes" Synonym(s): exaggerated, magnified, enlarged
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Enlarge \Enlarge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enlarged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enlarging}.] [OF. enlargier; pref. en- (L. in) + F. large wide. See {Large}.] 1. To make larger; to increase in quantity or dimensions; to extend in limits; to magnify; as, the body is enlarged* by nutrition; to enlarge one's house. To enlarge their possessions of land. --Locke. 2. To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, and the like; as, knowledge enlarges the mind. O ye Corinthians, our . . . heart is enlarged. --2 Cor. vi. 11. 3. To set at large or set free. [Archaic] It will enlarge us from all restraints. --Barrow. {Enlarging hammer}, a hammer with a slightly rounded face of large diameter; -- used by gold beaters. --Knight. {To enlarge an} {order [or] rule} (Law), to extend the time for complying with it. --Abbott. {To enlarge one's self}, to give free vent to speech; to spread out discourse. [bd]They enlarged themselves on this subject.[b8] --Clarendon. {To enlarge the heart}, to make free, liberal, and charitable. Syn: To increase; extend; expand; spread; amplify; augment; magnify. See {Increase}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Enlarged \Enlarged"\, a. Made large or larger; extended; swollen. -- {Enlar"gedly}, adv. -- {Enlar"ged*ness}, n.