Definitions for magnify
ˈmæg nəˌfaɪmag·ni·fy

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. magnify, amplify(verb)

   increase in size, volume or significance

   "Her terror was magnified in her mind"

2. overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify(verb)

   to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

   "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

3. blow up, enlarge, magnify(verb)

   make large

   "blow up an image"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. magnify(Verb)

   To praise, glorify (someone or something, especially god).

   Etymology: From magnifier or its source, magnificare, from magnificus.

2. magnify(Verb)

   To make (something) larger or more important.

   Etymology: From magnifier or its source, magnificare, from magnificus.

3. magnify(Verb)

   To make (someone or something) appear greater or more important than it is; to intensify, exaggerate.

   Etymology: From magnifier or its source, magnificare, from magnificus.

4. magnify(Verb)

   To make (something) appear larger by means of a lens, magnifying glass, telescope etc.

   Etymology: From magnifier or its source, magnificare, from magnificus.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Magnify(verb)

   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

   Etymology: [OE. magnifien, F. magnifier, L. magnificare. See Magnific.]

2. Magnify(verb)

   to increase the importance of; to augment the esteem or respect in which one is held

   Etymology: [OE. magnifien, F. magnifier, L. magnificare. See Magnific.]

3. Magnify(verb)

   to praise highly; to land; to extol

   Etymology: [OE. magnifien, F. magnifier, L. magnificare. See Magnific.]

4. Magnify(verb)

   to exaggerate; as, to magnify a loss or a difficulty

   Etymology: [OE. magnifien, F. magnifier, L. magnificare. See Magnific.]

5. Magnify(verb)

   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

   Etymology: [OE. magnifien, F. magnifier, L. magnificare. See Magnific.]

6. Magnify(verb)

   to have effect; to be of importance or significance

   Etymology: [OE. magnifien, F. magnifier, L. magnificare. See Magnific.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Magnify

   mag′ni-fī, v.t. to make great or greater: to enlarge: to cause to appear greater: to exaggerate: to praise highly:—pa.p. mag′nified.—adjs. Mag′nifiable, that may be magnified; Magnif′ic, -al, great: splendid: noble.—adv. Magnif′ically, in a magnificent manner.—ns. Magnificā′tion, act of magnifying: increase of visual power in penetration as well as enlargement; Mag′nifier, one who, or that which, magnifies or enlarges: one who extols.—Magnify one's self, show great pride—against, oppose with pride; Magnifying glass, in optics, a convex lens, objects seen through it having their apparent dimensions increased. [Fr.,—L. magnificāre—magnus, great, facĕre, to make.]

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1. Magnify

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of magnify in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of magnify in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of magnify in a Sentence

1. Hudson Henry:

   You do not want to be looking through the viewfinder at the sun with your eye, it is only going to magnify it into your eye.

2. Gillam Deputy Mayor John McDonald:

   And in the bush, magnify that by 10-20 times. Forget it.

3. Gavin Heffernan:

   The 25-30 second exposures reveal more stars and planets up above, they also magnify the lights on the ground, so even cities 100 miles away were blasting out our photos with floods of light.

4. Feltham:

   We magnify the wealthy man, though his parts be never so poor. The poor man we despise, be he never so well qualified. Gold is the coverlet of imperfections. It is the fool?s curtain, which hides all his defects from the world.

5. Samuel Beckett:

   How can one better magnify the Almighty than by sniggering with him at his little jokes, particularly the poorer ones.

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