Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inlarge

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-large
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Archaic spelling of enlarge.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"This that I did vvas for a policie, / To ſmooth and keepe the murther ſecret, / VVhich at a nine daies vvonder being ore-blovvne, / My gentle ſiſter vvill I novv inlarge."
"[…] but if Two Millions, or what elſe may be thought a Convenient Stock, ſhould be underwrit, then there will be no difficulty in Carrying on the Trade, without any Intermiſſion, or danger, than what may be feared by the changing of Committees now Annually made, and the increaſe of the Stock, as it will ſatisfie the Complaints that ariſe from the Contraction of the ſaid Trade, and difficulties of Admiſſion into it, ſo it will occaſion the inlarging thereof; […]"

Etymology

From Middle English in large, from Old French enlargier. By surface analysis, in- + large.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: in large, enlargier

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

inlarges (present, singular) inlarging (participle, present) inlarged (participle, past) inlarged (past)

Derived Forms

inlargement

Questions

What does inlarge mean?: Archaic spelling of enlarge.
Where does inlarge come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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