enlace | (verb) spin, wind, or twist together | Synonyms: entwine, interlace, intertwine, lace, twine |
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enlarge | (verb) become larger or bigger | - |
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(verb) make large | Synonyms: blow up, magnify |
(verb) make larger | - |
(verb) add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing | Synonyms: dilate, elaborate, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate |
enlarged | (adjective) (of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells | Synonyms: hypertrophied |
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(adjective) as of a photograph; made larger | Synonyms: blown-up |
(adjective) larger than normal | - |
(adjective) enlarged to an abnormal degree | Synonyms: exaggerated, magnified |
enlargement | (noun) the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope | Synonyms: expansion |
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(noun) a photographic print that has been enlarged | Synonyms: blowup, magnification |
(noun) a discussion that provides additional information | Synonyms: elaboration, expansion |
(noun) the state of being enlarged | - |
enlarger | (noun) photographic equipment consisting of an optical projector used to enlarge a photograph | - |
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enlighten | (verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | Synonyms: clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out |
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(verb) make understand | Synonyms: edify |
(verb) give spiritual insight to; in religion | Synonyms: irradiate |
enlightened | (adjective) having knowledge and spiritual insight | - |
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(adjective) characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved | Synonyms: educated |
(noun) people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity | Synonyms: initiate |
enlightening | (adjective) tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance | Synonyms: illuminating, informative |
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(adjective) enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement | Synonyms: edifying |
enlightenment | (noun) education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge | - |
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(noun) (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness | Synonyms: nirvana |
enlist | (verb) join the military | - |
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(verb) engage somebody to enter the army | Synonyms: draft, muster in |
(verb) hire for work or assistance | Synonyms: engage |
enlistee | (noun) any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces) | Synonyms: recruit |
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enlisting | (noun) the act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.) | Synonyms: recruitment |
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enlistment | (noun) the act of enlisting (as in a military service) | - |
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(noun) a period of time spent in military service | Synonyms: duty tour, hitch, term of enlistment, tour, tour of duty |
enliven | (verb) make lively | Synonyms: animate, invigorate, liven, liven up |
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(verb) heighten or intensify | Synonyms: animate, exalt, inspire, invigorate |
enlivened | (adjective) made sprightly or cheerful | - |
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(adjective) made lively or spirited | Synonyms: spirited |
enlivener | (noun) an agent that gives or restores life or vigor | Synonyms: invigorator, quickener |
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enlivening | (adjective) giving spirit and vivacity | Synonyms: animating |
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