MAGNIFY
\mˈaɡnɪfˌa͡ɪ], \mˈaɡnɪfˌaɪ], \m_ˈa_ɡ_n_ɪ_f_ˌaɪ]\
Definitions of MAGNIFY
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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(photography) make large; "blow up an image"
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increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind"
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to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind"
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to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
By Princeton University
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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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To increase the importance of; to augment the esteem or respect in which one is held.
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To praise highly; to land; to extol.
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To exaggerate; as, to magnify a loss or a difficulty.
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To have effect; to be of importance or significance.
By Oddity Software
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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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To increase the importance of; to augment the esteem or respect in which one is held.
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To praise highly; to land; to extol.
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To exaggerate; as, to magnify a loss or a difficulty.
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To have effect; to be of importance or significance.
By Noah Webster.
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To make greater; to make the size of appear greater; to exaggerate; as, to magnify one's importance.
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Magnified.
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Magnifying.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
