Definition of magnify

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Magnify (v. t.) 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..

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Extol :: Extol (v. t.) To elevate by praise; to eulogize; to praise; to magnify; as, to extol virtue; to extol an act or a person..
Magnifying :: Magnifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Magnif.
Praise :: Praise (v.) To extol in words or song; to magnify; to glorify on account of perfections or excellent works; to do honor to; to display the excellence of; -- applied especially to the Divine Being.
Magnify :: Magnify (v. t.) To praise highly; to land; to extol.
Magnify :: Magnify (v. t.) To increase the importance of; to augment the esteem or respect in which one is held.
Magnificate :: Magnificate (v. t.) To magnify or extol.
Erect :: Erect (v. t.) To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
Dynameter :: Dynameter (n.) An instrument for determining the magnifying power of telescopes, consisting usually of a doubleimage micrometer applied to the eye end of a telescope for measuring accurately the diameter of the image of the object glass there formed; which measurement, compared with the actual diameter of the glass, gives the magnifying power..
Enlarge :: Enlarge (v. t.) To make larger; to increase in quantity or dimensions; to extend in limits; to magnify; as, the body is enlarged by nutrition; to enlarge one's house..
Polyacoustic :: Polyacoustic (a.) Multiplying or magnifying sound.
Ingreat :: Ingreat (v. t.) To make great; to enlarge; to magnify.
Lens :: Lens (n.) A piece of glass, or other transparent substance, ground with two opposite regular surfaces, either both curved, or one curved and the other plane, and commonly used, either singly or combined, in optical instruments, for changing the direction of rays of light, and thus magnifying objects, or otherwise modifying vision. In practice, the curved surfaces are usually spherical, though rarely cylindrical, or of some other figure..
Magnification :: Magnification (n.) The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration.
Exaggerate :: Exaggerate (v. t.) To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; to delineate extravagantly ; to overstate the truth concerning.
Overmagnify :: Overmagnify (v. t.) To magnify too much.
Magnify :: Magnify (v. i.) To have effect; to be of importance or significance.
Magnify :: Magnify (v. t.) 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..
Megaphone :: Megaphone (n.) A device to magnify sound, or direct it in a given direction in a greater volume, as a very large funnel used as an ear trumpet or as a speaking trumpet..
Exalt :: Exalt (v. t.) To elevate by prise or estimation; to magnify; to extol; to glorify.
Glorify :: Glorify (v. t.) To make glorious in thought or with the heart, by ascribing glory to; to asknowledge the excellence of; to render homage to; to magnify in worship; to adore..
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