The act of making something larger.Rick was ashamed about the size of his penis, so he had a penis enlargement.
(figuratively) A making more obvious or serious; exacerbation.‘’’1874 Thomas Hardy, ‘’Far From the Madding Crowd’’, 2005 Barnes & Noble Classics publication of 1912 Wessex edition, p337:
Bathsheba underwent the enlargement of her husband's absence from hours to days with a slight feeling of surprise, and a slight feeling of relief; yet neither sensation rose at any time far above the level commonly designated as indifference.