Verb

(enlarg)

To make larger.

To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, etc.

Knowledge enlarges the mind.

* Bible, 2 Corinthians vi. 11

O ye Corinthians, our heart is enlarged .

To speak at length upon'' or ''on (some subject)

* 1664 , (Samuel Butler), Hudibras 2.2.68:

I shall enlarge upon the Point.

(archaic) To release; to set at large.

* 1580 , (Philip Sidney), Arcadia 329:

Like a Lionesse lately enlarged .

* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , IV.8:

Finding no meanes how I might us enlarge , / But if that Dwarfe I could with me convay, / I lightly snatcht him up and with me bore away.

* Barrow

It will enlarge us from all restraints.

* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), Henry V , Act II Scene II:

Uncle of Exeter, enlarge the man committed yesterday, that rail'd against our person. We consider it was excess of wine that set him on.

(nautical) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; said of the wind.

(legal) To extend the time allowed for compliance with (an order or rule).

(Abbott)

Verb

(promot)

To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.

He promoted his clerk to office manager.

Having crossed the chessboard, his pawn was promoted to a queen.

To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.

They promoted the abolition of daylight saving time.

They promoted the new film with giant billboards.

To encourage, urge or incite

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To elevate to the above league.

At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to the Premier League.

(label) To increase the activity of a catalyst by changing its surface structure

(label) To exchange a pawn for a queen or other piece when it reaches the 8th rank