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/mˈægnəfˌaɪd/ Listen

verb

Magnify v. t. (past & past part. magnified; pres. part. magnifying)

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."

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."

To praise highly; to laud; to extol. (Archaic) "O, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together."

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.

Magnify v. i.

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.

To have effect; to be of importance or significance. (Cant & Obs.)

adjective

magnified adj. Enlarged to an abnormal degree.

Synonyms: exaggerated, enlarged.

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Etymology of 'Magnified'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Magnified" Quotes from Famous Books

... hearing of something which occurred when "I was in Blanktown, on the Grand Jury." It is doubtful whether Napoleon ever contemplated a victory with the complacent satisfaction that filled my old friend when he alluded to his connection with "the grand jury," and emphasized the adjective which magnified the ...

— Lessons in Life - A Series of Familiar Essays • Timothy Titcomb

... magnified images on the series of amplifier grids. There was nothing. For an hour we worked; then suddenly Grantline cried: "Gregg! ...

— Wandl the Invader • Raymond King Cummings

... advantages of a system of checks and balances were of small importance, while its disadvantages were magnified. The state governments had no reason to sacrifice concentrated efficiency to safety, because in a Federal organization the temporary exercise of arbitrary executive or legislative power in one locality would not have ...

— The Promise Of American Life • Herbert David Croly

... Henry the Fifth, that his great name May here on earth be extolled and magnified While life doth last; and when he yields the same Into his hands, he may be glorified In heaven among the saints and angels bright, There to serve the God of power ...

— Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1 - Memoirs of Henry the Fifth • J. Endell Tyler

... promising to come again, he reflected with relief. She was no weak, dependent fool. He rode down the sodded lane, and as his horse picked his way carefully toward the avenue where the electric cars were shooting back and forth like magnified fireflies, he turned in his saddle to look once more at the cottage. One light gleamed from the room he had just left. He could see the outline of the woman's form standing by the open window. The place was ...

— The Web of Life • Robert Herrick

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