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   Tim Leary
         n 1: United States psychologist who experimented with
               psychoactive drugs (including LSD) and became a well-known
               advocate of their use (1920-1996) [syn: {Leary}, {Tim
               Leary}, {Timothy Leary}, {Timothy Francis Leary}]

English Dictionary: Tim Leary by the DICT Development Group
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Timely \Time"ly\, a. [Compar. {Timelier}; superl. {Timeliest}.]
      1. Being or occurring in good time; sufficiently early;
            seasonable. [bd]The timely dew of sleep.[b8] --Milton.
  
      2. Keeping time or measure. --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enlarge \En*large"\, 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]:
   Enlarge \En*large"\, 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]:
   Enlarge \En*large"\, 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]:
   Tumular \Tu"mu*lar\, a. [L. tumulus a mound: cf. F. tumulaire.
      See {Tumulus}.]
      Consisting in a heap; formed or being in a heap or hillock.
      --Pinkerton.
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