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verb (used with object)
1.
to increase the apparent size of, as a lens does.
2.
to make greater in actual size; enlarge: to magnify a drawing in preparing for a fresco.
3.
to cause to seem greater or more important; attribute too much importance to; exaggerate: to magnify one's difficulties.
4.
to make more exciting; intensify; dramatize; heighten: The playwright magnified the conflict to get her point across.
5.
Archaic. to extol; praise: to magnify the Lord.
verb (used without object)
6.
to increase or be able to increase the apparent or actual size of an object.
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Related forms
mag·ni·fi·a·ble, adjective
o·ver·mag·ni·fy, verb (used with object), -fied, -fy·ing.
re·mag·ni·fy, verb (used with object), -fied, -fy·ing.
un·mag·ni·fied, adjective
un·mag·ni·fy·ing, adjective
Synonyms
2. augment, increase, amplify. 3. overstate.
2. augment, increase, amplify. 3. overstate.
Antonyms
1, 2. reduce. 3. minimize.
1, 2. reduce. 3. minimize.
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Word Origin & History
magnify
late 14c., "to speak or act for the glory or honor (of someone or something)," from O.Fr. magnifier, from L. magnificare "esteem greatly, extol," from magnificus "splendid" (see magnificence). Meaning of "use a telescope or microscope" is first attested 1660s. Related: Magnifying.
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Medical Dictionary
magnify mag·ni·fy (māg'nə-fī')
v. mag·ni·fied, mag·ni·fy·ing, mag·ni·fies
To increase the apparent size of, especially with a lens.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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