whakarahi
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to enlarge, lengthen, magnify, increase, expand, extend, amplify.
I ēnei hararei ka tae mai ngā kāmura ki te hanga i ētahi rūma hou hei whakarahi atu i Hukarere (TKO 1/12/1917:13). / These holidays the carpenters arrive to build some new rooms to enlarge Hukarere.
Synonyms: whakaroa, aukume, haumi, whakakaitā, whakanui, whakaroaka
2. (modifier) enlarging, magnifying, expanding, amplifying, increasing.
Nāna i ahu tētehi momo whakahaere mō te karu whakarahi, hei whakaatu i ngā ngārara moroiti kei rō wai paru (TTR 1996:140). / He developed a use of the microscope to show the micro-organisms in impure water.
3. (noun) enlargement, magnification, expansion, amplification, increase.
Ko Ngata tēnā e kōkiri tonu nā i tana kaupapa ahu whenua Māori me tana whakarahi haere i ngā whakapaunga moni kāwanatanga i te wā e horo atu ana a Aotearoa ki te pae o te kore moni (TTR 1996:109) / Ngata was thrusting ahead with his Māori land development and increasing the expenditure of state funds at the time that the country was slipping into depression.
