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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