enlarger

noun

Etymology

From enlarge + -er.

  1. derived from enlargier
  2. inherited from enlargen
  3. suffixed as enlarger — “enlarge + er

Definitions

  1. Any device that makes something bigger, or makes it appear bigger.

    • a penis enlarger
  2. An optical device used to make enlarged prints from a photographic negative

  3. One who enlarges.

    • EUGE´NIUS, who was bishop of Toledo from a. d. 646 to 657, is mentioned under Dracontius as the editor and enlarger of the work by Dracontius upon the Creation.
    • In like manner the original book closes, at xxix. 1, with a subscription; and a few additional chapters follow, added by the enlarger of the book.
    • Muffett’s book was not a recipe book, but the credentials of its author (as well as those of the book’s “enlarger”) put him in the rare position of being a qualified English physician writing for a lay audience on paramedical matters.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA