Definition of enlarge

"enlarge" in the verb sense

1. enlarge

make larger

"She enlarged the flower beds"

2. blow up, enlarge, magnify

make large

"blow up an image"

3. enlarge

become larger or bigger

4. elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate

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"

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Quotations for enlarge

Then, rising with Aurora's light,
The muse invoked, sit down to write;
Blot out, correct, insert, refine.
Enlarge, diminish, interline;
Be mindful, when invention fails.
To scratch your head and bite your nails. [ Swift ]

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge. [ C. A. Bartol ]

Riches rather enlarge than satisfy appetites. [ Proverb ]

Glory is like a circle in the water,
Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself
Till, by broad spreading it disperse to nought. [ William Shakespeare ]

To educate the intelligence is to enlarge the horizon of its desires and wants. [ Lowell ]

For beauty is the bait which with delight doth man allure, for to enlarge his kind. [ Spenser ]

To enlarge or illustrate this power of the effects of love is to set a candle in the sun. [ Robert Burton ]

As it is a great point of art, when our matter requires it, to enlarge and veer out all sail, so to take it in and contract it is of no less praise when the argument doth ask it. [ Ben Jonson ]

It is the work of fancy to enlarge, but of judgment to shorten and contract; and therefore this must be as far above the other as judgment is a greater and nobler faculty than fancy or imagination. [ South ]

Enthusiasm begets enthusiasm, eloquence produces conviction for the moment; but it is only by truth to Nature and the everlasting institutions of mankind that those abiding influences are won that enlarge from generation to generation. [ Lowell ]

enlarge in Scrabble®

The word enlarge is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters enlarge:

GLEANER
(82 = 32 + 50)
ENLARGE
(82 = 32 + 50)
GENERAL
(82 = 32 + 50)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

enlarge, general, gleaner

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word enlarge

ENLARGE
(82 = 32 + 50)
ENLARGE
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENLARGE
(77 = 27 + 50)
ENLARGE
(77 = 27 + 50)
ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
(77 = 27 + 50)
ENLARGE
(74 = 24 + 50)
ENLARGE
(74 = 24 + 50)
ENLARGE
(70 = 20 + 50)
ENLARGE
(70 = 20 + 50)
ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
(66 = 16 + 50)
ENLARGE
(66 = 16 + 50)
ENLARGE
(66 = 16 + 50)
ENLARGE
(66 = 16 + 50)
ENLARGE
(66 = 16 + 50)
ENLARGE
(64 = 14 + 50)
ENLARGE
(62 = 12 + 50)
ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
(61 = 11 + 50)
ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
(60 = 10 + 50)
ENLARGE
(60 = 10 + 50)
ENLARGE
(60 = 10 + 50)
ENLARGE
(60 = 10 + 50)
ENLARGE
(60 = 10 + 50)
ENLARGE
(59 = 9 + 50)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In enlarge

GLEANER
(82 = 32 + 50)
ENLARGE
(82 = 32 + 50)
GENERAL
(82 = 32 + 50)
ENLARGE
(80 = 30 + 50)
GENERAL
(80 = 30 + 50)
GLEANER
(80 = 30 + 50)
GENERAL
(77 = 27 + 50)
GLEANER
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GLEANER
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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GLEANER
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GENERAL
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GLEANER
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GENERAL
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GENERAL
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GENERAL
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GLEANER
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GENERAL
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GENERAL
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ENLARGE
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GLEANER
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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GLEANER
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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GENERAL
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GENERAL
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GLEANER
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GENERAL
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GLEANER
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GLEANER
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GENERAL
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GENERAL
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GENERAL
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GLEANER
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GLEANER
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GLEANER
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GLEANER
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GENERAL
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GLEANER
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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GENERAL
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ENLARGE
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GLEANER
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GENERAL
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GENERAL
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GENERAL
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GLEANER
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GENERAL
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GLEANER
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GENERAL
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GENERAL
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GENERAL
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ENLARGE
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GLEANER
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ENLARGE
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GLEANER
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GENERAL
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GLEANER
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GLEANER
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
(64 = 14 + 50)
GENERAL
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GLEANER
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GENERAL
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GLEANER
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ENLARGE
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GLEANER
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GLEANER
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ENLARGE
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GLEANER
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GENERAL
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GENERAL
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GENERAL
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ENLARGE
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GLEANER
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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GENERAL
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ENLARGE
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GENERAL
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GENERAL
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GENERAL
(59 = 9 + 50)
GLEANER
(59 = 9 + 50)
ENLARGE
(59 = 9 + 50)
ANGLER
(27)
GENERA
(27)
ENRAGE
(27)
REGALE
(27)
ENRAGE
(24)
REGALE
(24)
ENRAGE
(24)
REGALE
(24)
GENRE
(24)
ENRAGE
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ANGLER
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REGALE
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RANGE
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AGREE
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REGALE
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GLARE
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GNARL
(24)
LARGE
(24)
GREEN
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GLEAN
(24)
GENERA
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REGEL
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GREEN
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GEAR
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GENE
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enlarge in Words With Friends™

The word enlarge is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters enlarge:

GENERAL
(98 = 63 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

enlarge, general, gleaner

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word enlarge

ENLARGE
(92 = 57 + 35)
ENLARGE
(86 = 51 + 35)
ENLARGE
(86 = 51 + 35)
ENLARGE
(86 = 51 + 35)
ENLARGE
(80 = 45 + 35)
ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
(69 = 34 + 35)
ENLARGE
(65 = 30 + 35)
ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
(63 = 28 + 35)
ENLARGE
(61 = 26 + 35)
ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
(57 = 22 + 35)
ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
(52 = 17 + 35)
ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
(48 = 13 + 35)
ENLARGE
(47 = 12 + 35)
ENLARGE
(47 = 12 + 35)
ENLARGE
(46 = 11 + 35)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In enlarge

GENERAL
(98 = 63 + 35)
ENLARGE
(92 = 57 + 35)
GLEANER
(92 = 57 + 35)
GENERAL
(86 = 51 + 35)
GLEANER
(86 = 51 + 35)
ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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GLEANER
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GLEANER
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ENLARGE
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GENERAL
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GLEANER
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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GENERAL
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GENERAL
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GLEANER
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GENERAL
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GENERAL
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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GLEANER
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ENLARGE
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GENERAL
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GLEANER
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GLEANER
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GLEANER
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GLEANER
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GENERAL
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GLEANER
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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GENERAL
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ENLARGE
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GLEANER
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GENERAL
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GENERAL
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ENLARGE
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GLEANER
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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GENERAL
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GLEANER
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GLEANER
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GENERAL
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ENLARGE
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GLEANER
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GENERAL
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GENERAL
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GLEANER
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GLEANER
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GLEANER
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GENERAL
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GENERAL
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GLEANER
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GENERAL
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GENERAL
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GENERA
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ENLARGE
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GLEANER
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ANGLER
(54)
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ENLARGE
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GENERAL
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GLEANER
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REGALE
(51)
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(51 = 16 + 35)
GLEANER
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ENLARGE
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ENLARGE
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GLEANER
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GENERAL
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GENERAL
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GENERAL
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ENLARGE
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GLEANER
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GENERAL
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GENERAL
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ANGLER
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ANGLER
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GENERAL
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GLEANER
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ENLARGE
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GENERA
(45)
GNARL
(45)
GLEAN
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ENRAGE
(45)
REGALE
(45)
ANGLER
(42)
ANGLER
(42)
GENRE
(42)
GLEN
(42)
RANGE
(42)
LEANER
(42)
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LARGE
(42)
GLARE
(42)
GREEN
(42)
ANGLER
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ANGLER
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ANGLE
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GLEE
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GNAR
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Words containing the sequence enlarge

Words that end with enlarge (2 words)

Word Growth involving enlarge

Shorter words in enlarge

en

ar large

la large

Longer words containing enlarge

enlargeable

enlarged nonenlarged

enlarged reenlarged

enlarged unenlarged

enlargement enlargements

enlargement reenlargement

enlarger enlargers

enlarges reenlarges

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