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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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Magnifying
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
Related forms
mag·ni·fi·a·ble, adjective
o·ver·mag·ni·fy, verb (used with object), o·ver·mag·ni·fied, o·ver·mag·ni·fy·ing.
re·mag·ni·fy, verb (used with object), re·mag·ni·fied, re·mag·ni·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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