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magnify

[ mag-nuh-fahy ]

verb (used with object)

magnified, magnifying.
  1. to increase the apparent size of, as a lens does.

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  2. to make greater in actual size; enlarge:

    to magnify a drawing in preparing for a fresco.

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  3. to cause to seem greater or more important; attribute too much importance to; exaggerate:

    to magnify one's difficulties.

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  4. to make more exciting; intensify; dramatize; heighten:

    The playwright magnified the conflict to get her point across.

  5. Archaic. to extol; praise:

    to magnify the Lord.



verb (used without object)

magnified, magnifying.
  1. to increase or be able to increase the apparent or actual size of an object.

magnify

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verb

  1. to increase, cause to increase, or be increased in apparent size, as through the action of a lens, microscope, etc
  2. to exaggerate or become exaggerated in importance

    don't magnify your troubles

  3. rare.
    tr to increase in actual size
  4. archaic.
    tr to glorify
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³¾²¹²µ²Ô¾±ËŒ´Ú¾±²¹²ú±ô±ð, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¾²¹²µî€ƒn¾±Â·´Ú¾±î€…a·²ú±ô±ð adjective
  • ´Çv±ð°ù·³¾²¹²µî€ƒn¾±Â·´Ú²â verb (used with object) overmagnified overmagnifying
  • °ù±ð·³¾²¹²µî€ƒn¾±Â·´Ú²â verb (used with object) remagnified remagnifying
  • ³Ü²Ô·³¾²¹²µî€ƒn¾±Â·´Ú¾±±ð»å adjective
  • ³Ü²Ô·³¾²¹²µî€ƒn¾±Â·´Ú²âi²Ô²µ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of magnify1

1350–1400; Middle English magnifien < Latin ³¾²¹²µ²Ô¾±´Ú¾±³¦Äå°ù±ð. See magni-, -fy
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of magnify1

C14: via Old French from Latin ³¾²¹²µ²Ô¾±´Ú¾±³¦Äå°ù±ð to praise; see magnific
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Wealth, real or perceived, can dictate access, status and opportunity - and the presence of the diaspora can magnify the class divide.

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Given that Perkins is still fresh off the success of his excellent breakout film “Longlegs,†the frustration is only magnified.

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“Everything is magnified and there’s pressure,†Wise said.

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Every year, Indigenous people set small low-intensity fires to manage the landscape and clean out low-lying brush — a process that magnified the yield of their plants for medicine and craft-making.

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He influenced the construction of rosters, which were designed to magnify his virtues, and rightly so.

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