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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Large \Large\ (l[aum]rj), a. [Compar. {Larger} (l[aum]r"j[~e]r); superl. {Largest}.] [F., fr. L. largus. Cf. {Largo}.] 1. Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; -- opposed to {small}; as, a large horse; a large house or room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large vineyard; a large army; a large city. [1913 Webster] Note: For linear dimensions, and mere extent, great, and not large, is used as a qualifying word; as, great length, breadth, depth; a great distance; a great height. [1913 Webster] 2. Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions. [1913 Webster] We have yet large day. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse. [1913 Webster] I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education. --Felton. [1913 Webster] 4. Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; -- said of the mind and heart. [1913 Webster] 5. Free; unembarrassed. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Of burdens all he set the Paynims large. --Fairfax. [1913 Webster] 6. Unrestrained by decorum; -- said of language. [Obs.] "Some large jests he will make." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 7. Prodigal in expending; lavish. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 8. (Naut.) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; -- said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter. [1913 Webster] {At large}. (a) Without restraint or confinement; as, to go at large; to be left at large. (b) Diffusely; fully; in the full extent; as, to discourse on a subject at large. {Common at large}. See under {Common}, n. {Electors at large}, {Representative at large}, electors, or a representative, as in Congress, chosen to represent the whole of a State, in distinction from those chosen to represent particular districts in a State. [U. S.] {To give large}, {To go large}, {To run large}, or {To sail large} (Naut.), to have the wind crossing the direction of a vessel's course in such a way that the sails feel its full force, and the vessel gains its highest speed. See {Large}, a., 8. Syn: Big; bulky; huge; capacious; comprehensive; ample; abundant; plentiful; populous; copious; diffusive; liberal. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Large \Large\, adv. Freely; licentiously. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Large \Large\, n. (Mus.) A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight semibreves. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: large adv 1: at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark) 2: with the wind abaft the beam; "a ship sailing large" 3: in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening" [syn: {boastfully}, {vauntingly}, {big}, {large}] adj 1: above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world" [syn: {large}, {big}] [ant: {little}, {small}] 2: fairly large or important in effect; influential; "played a large role in the negotiations" 3: ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose" [syn: {bombastic}, {declamatory}, {large}, {orotund}, {tumid}, {turgid}] 4: generous and understanding and tolerant; "a heart big enough to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large heart"; "magnanimous toward his enemies" [syn: {big}, {large}, {magnanimous}] 5: conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen" [syn: {big}, {large}, {prominent}] 6: having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy" 7: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child" [syn: {big(p)}, {enceinte}, {expectant}, {gravid}, {great(p)}, {large(p)}, {heavy(p)}, {with child(p)}] n 1: a garment size for a large person From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]: large /laʀʒ/ ample; bulky; extensive; broad; spacious; vast; wide