reenlarge

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verb

To enlarge again.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

verbreenlarge (third-person singular simple present reenlarges, present participle reenlarging, simple past and past participle reenlarged)

present singular third person reenlarges · participle present reenlarging · participle past reenlarged · past reenlarged

  1. To enlarge again.

    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."

    2017, Peter Naccarato, Zachary Nowak, Elgin K. Eckert, Representing Italy Through Food, →ISBN
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    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.

    1974, Murray D. Dailey, Barbara Hill, A Summary of Knowledge of the Southern California Coastal Zone and Offshore Areas, pages 7.6-7.7

Origin

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APA

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MLA

“reenlarge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reenlarge. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reenlarge,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reenlarge.

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