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magnify(dictionary)
magnify(dictionary)

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magnify verb. LME.
[Old & mod. French magnifier or Latin magnificare, from magnificus: see MAGNIFIC, -FY.]
verb trans. Praise highly; glorify, extol; esp. render honour to (God). arch. LME.
Bible (AV): Luke 1:46 And Marie said, My soule doth magnifie the Lord.
verb trans. Make greater in size, status, importance, etc.; enlarge, augment. Now rare. LME.
W. Cowper Her head, adorned with lappets..And magnified beyond all human size.
verb trans. Increase the apparent size of (a thing) as with a lens or microscope. M17.
magnifying glass (a device with) a convex lens used to increase the apparent size of an object viewed through it.
W. Withering When magnified they appear like ill-formed warts. Jayne Phillips Her glasses magnified her eyes.
verb intrans. Have effect; signify. Now dial. E18.
verb trans. Represent (a thing) as greater than in reality; exaggerate, intensify. (Now freq. assoc. with sense 3 above.) M18.
G. Greene Every lie I would magnify into a betrayal. R. Thomas Isolation magnified feelings that she would have dismissed outside.
magnifier noun M16.