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1. (v.t.) magnify
to increase the apparent size of.
2. magnify
to make greater in actual size; enlarge.
3. magnify
to exaggerate; overstate:
to magnify one's difficulties.
4. magnify
to intensify; heighten.
5. magnify
to praise:
to magnify the Lord.
6. (v.i.) magnify
to increase or be able to increase the apparent or actual size of an object.
Etymology: (1350–1400; < L magnificāre. See magnific , -fy)
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| Definition of 'magnify' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) magnify, amplify
increase in size, volume or significance
"Her terror was magnified in her mind"
2. (verb) overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
"tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
3. (verb) blow up, enlarge, magnify
make large
"blow up an image"
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1. (verb) magnify
to make appear bigger using a special lens; = enlarge
a bacteria magnified 200 times
2. magnify
to make more intense
Her illness magnified her sense of depression.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) magnify
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
2. (verb) magnify
to increase the importance of; to augment the esteem or respect in which one is held
3. (verb) magnify
to praise highly; to land; to extol
4. (verb) magnify
to exaggerate; as, to magnify a loss or a difficulty
5. (verb) magnify
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
6. (verb) magnify
to have effect; to be of importance or significance
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Sense: to cause to appear greater
A telescope magnifies an image; to magnify one's troubles.
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 Afrikaans: vergroot |
 Arabic: يُكَبِّر الصّورَه |
 Bulgarian: увеличавам |
 Brazilian: ampliar |
 Czech: zvětšovat |
 German: vergrößern |
 Danish: forstørre |
 Greek: μεγεθύνω, μεγαλοποιώ |
 Spanish: augmentar, ampliar, magni |
 Estonian: suurendama |
 Farsi: بزرگ کردن |
 Finnish: suurentaa |
 French: grossir, exagérer |
 Hebrew: לְהַגזִים |
 Hindi: आवर्धन करना बढा़ चढा़कर क |
 Croatian: povećati |
 Hungarian: (fel)nagyít |
 Indonesian: membesarkan |
 Icelandic: stækka upp |
 Italian: ingrandire |
 Japanese: 拡大する |
 Korean: 확대하다 |
 Lithuanian: (pa)didinti |
 Latvian: palielināt |
 Malay: membesarkan |
 Dutch: vergroten |
 Norwegian: forstørre |
 Polish: powiększać |
 Persian: بزرگ کردن |
 Pashto: لوى كول |
 Portuguese: ampliar |
 Romanian: a mări; a exagera |
 Russian: (пре)увеличивать |
 Slovak: zväčšovať |
 Slovenian: povečati |
 Serbian: uvećati |
 Swedish: förstora |
 Thai: ทำให้เพิ่มมากขึ้น |
 Turkish: büyütmek |
 Taiwanese: 放大, 擴大 |
 Ukrainian: збільшувати; перебільшува |
 Urdu: عکس اندازی کے ذریعے کسی ش |
 Vietnamese: phóng to; thổi phồng |
 Chinese: 放大，扩大 |
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