Middle English Dictionary Entry
alarǧen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | alarǧen v. |
| Etymology | OF alargir |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. enlargen.
1.
(a) To extend (territory, power); (b) to give a wide place for (paces); (c) to open wide (the lips, eye-lids); to expand (the heart, soul); (d) to extend (a practice, love); to increase (belief).
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Amos 1.13 : For to alarge his terme.
- (1395) Wycl.37 Concl.(Tit D.1)51 : For to alarge othir mayntene his seculer lordshipe.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.316 : August he was clepid, for he alargide þe empire.
b
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)2 Kings 22.37 : Thou schalt alarge [L dilatare] my steppis vndur me; and myn heelis schulen not faile.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ps.17.37 : Thou alargidist my paaces vndur me.
c
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))2 Cor.6.11 : Oure mouth is opyn to ȝou, oure herte is alargid.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Prov.20.19 : Be thou not medlid with him that..alargith hise lippis.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Is.5.14 : Therfor helle alargide his soule and openyde his mouth with outen ony ende.
- c1425(c1400) Primer (Cmb Dd.11.82)80 : I ran þe weie of þi comaundementis, whanne þou alargidist myn herte.
- c1425(a1400) Wycl.Conf.(Dub 245)341 : Pharesees alargen her browes and gogelen fer fro goddis lawe.
d
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.11 : Þese fyve dedis alargid to alle men mut have sum men seintis in hevene.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.93 : And herfore preyden disciplis to alarge him bileve.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.42 : Crist proveth þat oure love shulde be alargid to oure enemyes.
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)445 : Þis cautel cam latere yn & is alarged by þe pope.
2.
To increase or multiply (descendants), to spread abroad.
Associated quotations
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Gen.9.27 : God alarge [WB(1): sprede abrood] Jafeth.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Gen.28.14 : And thi seed schal be as the dust of erthe; thou schalt be alargid [WB(1): sprad a brode] to the eest and west [etc.].
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Gen.32.12 : Thou..shuldist alarge [WB(1): sprede abrood] my seed as the grauel of the see.
3.
To extend oneself.
Associated quotations
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ps.4.2 : In tribulacioun thou hast alargid [WB(1): thou spraddest out] to me.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.101 : Crist is þe emperoure, þat wendiþ ever alarginge.