enlargement UK /ɪnˈlɑːd͡ʒ.mənt/US /ɪnˈlɑɹd͡ʒ.mənt/ noun5 •An act or instance of making something larger.Rick was ashamed about the size of his penis, so he had a penis enlargement. •(figurative) A making more obvious or serious; exacerbation. •An image, particularly a photograph, that has been enlarged. •Diffuseness of speech or writing; a speaking at length.Briefly, a discourse generally consists in some prefatory remarks which pave the way as it were for the enlargement upon which a speaker usually enters when he speaks to any purpose. — 1897 •(no longer used) Freedom from confinement; liberty.Go, tenderness of years; take this key, give enlargement to the swain, bring him festinately hither. — 1595 formsenlargements