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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Magnify \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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Magnify \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
magnify
v 1: increase in size, volume or significance: "Her terror was
magnified in her mind." [syn: {amplify}]
2: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth: " tended to
romanticize and exaggerate this ``gracious Old South''
imagery." [syn: {overstate}, {exaggerate}, {overdraw}, {hyperbolize},
{amplify}] [ant: {understate}]
3: make large "blow up an image" [syn: {blow up}, {enlarge}]
[ant: {reduce}]
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