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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Magnificate :: Magnificate (v. t.) To magnify or extol.
Magnify :: Magnify (v. t.) To exaggerate; as, to magnify a loss or a difficulty..
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..
Overmagnify :: Overmagnify (v. t.) To magnify too much.
Egotism :: Egotism (n.) The practice of too frequently using the word I; hence, a speaking or writing overmuch of one's self; self-exaltation; self-praise; the act or practice of magnifying one's self or parading one's own doings. The word is also used in the sense of egoism..
Pancratic :: Pancratic (a.) Having all or many degrees of power; having a great range of power; -- said of an eyepiece made adjustable so as to give a varying magnifying power.
Exaggerate :: Exaggerate (v. t.) To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; to delineate extravagantly ; to overstate the truth concerning.
Exalt :: Exalt (v. t.) To elevate by prise or estimation; to magnify; to extol; to glorify.
Erect :: Erect (v. t.) To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
Polyacoustics :: Polyacoustics (n.) The art of multiplying or magnifying sounds.
Magnify :: 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..
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.
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..
Magnifying :: Magnifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Magnif.
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..
Graphoscope :: Graphoscope (n.) An optical instrument for magnifying engravings, photographs, etc., usually having one large lens and two smaller ones..
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..
Magnify :: Magnify (v. i.) To have effect; to be of importance or significance.
Polyacoustic :: Polyacoustic (a.) Multiplying or magnifying sound.
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..
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