† aˈlarge, v. Obs.
[a. OFr. alargir to enlarge, f. à to + large large.]
1. trans. To make larger, increase; give largely.
| c 1380 Wyclif Serm. (1879) I. xxxv. 93 Herfore preyden disciplis to alarge hem bileve. ― Gen. xxxii. 12 Alarge my seed as the grauel of the see. 1395 ? Purvey Remonst. (1851) 51 To alarge othir mayntene his seculer lordshipe. a 1560 Chaucer's Dream 156 Such part in their nativity Was them alarged of beauty. |
2. intr. (OFr. s'alargir.) To extend oneself.
| 1382 Wyclif Ps. v. 1 In tribulacioun thou hast alargid to me. [1388 Thou spraddest out to me. Cf. OFr. (in Godef.) En ma tribulatiun il s'est alargi a mi. Vulg. In tribulatione dilatasti mihi.] |