Definition of magnify

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Magnify (v. t.) To increase the importance of; to augment the esteem or respect in which one is held.

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Egotism :: Egotism (n.) The practice of too frequently using the word I; hence, a speaking or writing overmuch of one's self; self-exaltation; self-praise; the act or practice of magnifying one's self or parading one's own doings. The word is also used in the sense of egoism..
Graphoscope :: Graphoscope (n.) An optical instrument for magnifying engravings, photographs, etc., usually having one large lens and two smaller ones..
Magnification :: Magnification (n.) The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration.
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..
Exaggerate :: Exaggerate (v. t.) To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; to delineate extravagantly ; to overstate the truth concerning.
Magnifying :: Magnifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Magnif.
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.
Megaphone :: Megaphone (n.) A device to magnify sound, or direct it in a given direction in a greater volume, as a very large funnel used as an ear trumpet or as a speaking trumpet..
Exalt :: Exalt (v. t.) To elevate by prise or estimation; to magnify; to extol; to glorify.
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..
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. 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..
Glorify :: Glorify (v. t.) To make glorious in thought or with the heart, by ascribing glory to; to asknowledge the excellence of; to render homage to; to magnify in worship; to adore..
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..
Magnificate :: Magnificate (v. t.) To magnify or extol.
Erect :: Erect (v. t.) To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
Overmagnify :: Overmagnify (v. t.) To magnify too much.
Polyacoustic :: Polyacoustic (a.) Multiplying or magnifying sound.
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