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reenlarge

reenlarge verb: to enlarge again.

Verb

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

  1. To enlarge again.
    • 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
    • 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

Forms of reenlarge

third-person singular presentreenlarges
present participlereenlarging
past participlereenlarged
pastreenlarged

Origin of reenlarge

From re- + enlarge.

Questions about reenlarge

What does reenlarge mean?
Reenlarge means to enlarge again.
What part of speech is reenlarge?
Reenlarge is a verb.
What is the past tense of reenlarge?
The past tense of reenlarge is reenlarged.

Words near reenlarge in the dictionary

  1. reenjoys
  2. reenkindle
  3. reenkindled
  4. reenkindles
  5. reenkindling
  6. reenlarge
  7. reenlarged
  8. reenlarges
  9. reenlarging
  10. reenlist
  11. reenlisted

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