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reenlarge

verb

Etymology

From re- + enlarge.

  1. derived from enlargier
  2. inherited from enlargen
  3. prefixed as reenlarge — “re + enlarge”

Definitions

  1. To enlarge again.

    • Marine centric diatoms decrease in size on repeated division and eventually become smaller and smaller on successive divisions unless they reenlarge by a process involving auxospore formation.
    • Chef David Frankel indicated that: “in the new menu I went down from 250–300 grams of pasta to 120, but people complained and I had to reenlarge some portions."

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