Meaning

• To make larger.

• To grow larger.

• To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, etc.

  "Knowledge enlarges the mind."

• To speak or write at length upon or on (some subject); expand; elaborate

• To release; to set at large.

• To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; said of the wind.

• To extend the time allowed for compliance with (an order or rule).