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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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..
Polyacoustics :: Polyacoustics (n.) The art of multiplying or magnifying sounds.
Magnify :: Magnify (v. t.) To increase the importance of; to augment the esteem or respect in which one is held.
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..
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..
Magnificate :: Magnificate (v. t.) To magnify or extol.
Ingreat :: Ingreat (v. t.) To make great; to enlarge; to magnify.
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.
Magnify :: Magnify (v. t.) To exaggerate; as, to magnify a loss or a difficulty..
Exaggerate :: Exaggerate (v. t.) To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; to delineate extravagantly ; to overstate the truth concerning.
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..
Exalt :: Exalt (v. t.) To elevate by prise or estimation; to magnify; to extol; to glorify.
Magnification :: Magnification (n.) The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration.
Magnify :: Magnify (v. t.) To praise highly; to land; to extol.
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.
Polyacoustic :: Polyacoustic (a.) Multiplying or magnifying sound.
Graphoscope :: Graphoscope (n.) An optical instrument for magnifying engravings, photographs, etc., usually having one large lens and two smaller ones..
Overmagnify :: Overmagnify (v. t.) To magnify too much.
Magnify :: Magnify (v. i.) To have effect; to be of importance or significance.
Erect :: Erect (v. t.) To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
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