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Magnify Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Magnify? [v] (photography) make large; "blow up an image" [v] increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind." [v] to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this ``gracious Old South'' imagery" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Magnify: amplify \| amplify \| blow up \| enlarge \| exaggerate \| hyerbolise \| hyperbolize \| overdraw \| overstate Related Terms \| Find terms related to Magnify: accelerate \| add to \| adulate \| agent provocateur \| aggrandize \| aggravate \| amplify \| annoy \| apotheose \| apotheosize \| augment \| ballyhoo \| beatify \| beef up \| belaud \| bepraise \| bless \| bless the Lord \| bloat \| blow up \| boast of \| boost \| brag about \| broaden \| build \| build up \| bulk \| bulk out \| burlesque \| canonize \| caricature \| carry too far \| celebrate \| color \| complicate \| concentrate \| condense \| consolidate \| crescendo \| crown \| cry up \| deepen \| deify \| deteriorate \| develop \| dignify \| dilate \| distend \| distinguish \| double \| doxologize \| dramatize \| draw the longbow \| elevate \| embellish \| embitter \| emblazon \| enhance \| enlarge \| ennoble \| enshrine \| enthrone \| erect \| eulogize \| exacerbate \| exaggerate \| exalt \| exasperate \| expand \| extend \| extol \| flatter \| fudge \| glamorize \| glorify \| glorify the Lord \| go to extremes \| heat up \| heighten \| hero-worship \| hike \| hike up \| honor \| hop up \| hot up \| huff \| hymn \| hyperbolize \| idolize \| immortalize \| increase \| inflate \| intensify \| irritate \| jazz up \| key up \| laud \| lay it on \| lionize \| make acute \| make complex \| make legendary \| make much of \| make worse \| maximize \| mount \| multiply \| overcharge \| overdo \| overdraw \| overemphasize \| overestimate \| overpaint \| overpraise \| overreach \| overreact \| oversell \| overspeak \| overstate \| overstress \| pad \| panegyrize \| pay tribute \| pile it on \| porter aux nues \| praise \| praise God \| provoke \| puff \| puff up \| pump \| pump up \| raise \| ramify \| rarefy \| redouble \| reinforce \| rouse \| saint \| salute \| sanctify \| set up \| sharpen \| sing praises \| soup up \| sour \| step up \| strengthen \| stretch \| stretch the truth \| sublime \| sufflate \| swell \| talk big \| talk in superlatives \| throne \| tout \| travesty \| triple \| trumpet \| up \| uplift \| uprear \| vise \| whet \| widen \| worsen See Also \| aggrandise \| aggrandize \| blow \| blow up \| bluster \| boast \| brag \| dramatise \| dramatize \| embellish \| embroider \| gas \| gasconade \| increase \| lard \| misinform \| mislead \| overemphasise \| overemphasize \| overstress \| pad \| shoot a line \| swash \| tout \| vaunt Magnify In Webster's Dictionary \Mag"nify\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Magnified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Magnifying}.] [OE. magnifien, F. magnifier, L. magnificare. See {Magnific}.] 1. To make great, or greater; to increase the dimensions of; to amplify; to enlarge, either in fact or in appearance; as, the microscope magnifies the object by a thousand diameters. The least error in a small quantity . . . will in a great one . . . be proportionately magnified. --Grew. 2. To increase the importance of; to augment the esteem or respect in which one is held. On that day the Lord magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel. --Joshua iv. 14. 3. To praise highly; to land; to extol. [Archaic] O, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. --Ps. xxxiv. 3. 4. To exaggerate; as, to magnify a loss or a difficulty. {To magnify one's self} (Script.), to exhibit pride and haughtiness; to boast. {To magnify one's self against} (Script.), to oppose with pride. \Mag"nify\, v. i. 1. To have the power of causing objects to appear larger than they really are; to increase the apparent dimensions of objects; as, some lenses magnify but little. 2. To have effect; to be of importance or significance. [Cant & Obs.] --Spectator. {Magnifying glass}, a lens which magnifies the apparent dimensions of objects seen through it.

Magnify Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Magnify?

[v] (photography) make large; "blow up an image"
[v] increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind."
[v] to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this ``gracious Old South'' imagery"

Magnify In Webster's Dictionary

\Mag"ni*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Magnified}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Magnifying}.] [OE. magnifien, F. magnifier, L.
magnificare. See {Magnific}.]
1. To make great, or greater; to increase the dimensions of;
   to amplify; to enlarge, either in fact or in appearance;
   as, the microscope magnifies the object by a thousand
   diameters.

         The least error in a small quantity . . . will in a
         great one . . . be proportionately magnified.
                                               --Grew.

2. To increase the importance of; to augment the esteem or
   respect in which one is held.

         On that day the Lord magnified Joshua in the sight
         of all Israel.                        --Joshua iv.
                                               14.

3. To praise highly; to land; to extol. [Archaic]

         O, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his
         name together.                        --Ps. xxxiv.
                                               3.

4. To exaggerate; as, to magnify a loss or a difficulty.

{To magnify one's self} (Script.), to exhibit pride and
   haughtiness; to boast.

{To magnify one's self against} (Script.), to oppose with
   pride.


\Mag"ni*fy\, v. i.
1. To have the power of causing objects to appear larger than
   they really are; to increase the apparent dimensions of
   objects; as, some lenses magnify but little.

2. To have effect; to be of importance or significance. [Cant
   & Obs.] --Spectator.

{Magnifying glass}, a lens which magnifies the apparent
   dimensions of objects seen through it.

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