Meaning of embiggen | Babel Free

Definitions

To enlarge; to make or become bigger.

ergative, humorous, nonstandard, usually

Examples

“Are there not, however, barbarous verbs in all languages? ἀλλ’ ἐμεγάλυνεν αυτοὺς ὁ λαός, but the people magnified them, to make⟳ great or embiggen, if we may invent⟳ an English parallel as ugly. After all, use⟳ is nearly everything.”

“A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.”

“[Page 24] For large P, the three-form fluxes are dilute, and the gradient of the Myers potential encouraging an anti-D3 to embiggen is very mild. [Page 26] While in both cases for P anti-D3-branes the probe approximation is clearly not good, in the set⟳ up of this paper we could argue⟳ that there is a competing effect which can overcome⟳ the desire of the anti-D3s to embiggen, namely their attraction towards the wrapped D5s.”

“As I joyfully embiggen myself into the vague silhouette of Chewbacca, I have⟳ time to reflect⟳ on just what it is about big hair that I find⟳ so elementally appealing.”

“Train⟳ stations: how busy is yours? Victoria Station in 1927. Click image to embiggen.”

“You can hide⟳ enemies, stack them up high, embiggen them with a Super Mushroom, hide⟳ coins in pipes, and so much more!”

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