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
If you enlarge on something that has been mentioned, you give more details about it. He didn't enlarge on the form that the interim government and assembly would take = expand. if you enlarge something, or if it enlarges, it increases in size or scale
When you enlarge something or when it enlarges, it becomes bigger. the plan to enlarge Ewood Park into a 30,000 all-seater stadium The glands in the neck may enlarge. + enlarged en·larged The UN secretary-general yesterday recommended an enlarged peacekeeping force
To speak or write at length; to be diffuse in speaking or writing; to expatiate; to dilate
To grow large or larger; to be further extended; to expand; as, a plant enlarges by growth; an estate enlarges by good management; a volume of air enlarges by rarefaction
add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
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