Definition of magnify

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Magnify (v. i.) To have effect; to be of importance or significance.

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Erect :: Erect (v. t.) To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
Magnification :: Magnification (n.) The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration.
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 praise highly; to land; to extol.
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..
Exaggerate :: Exaggerate (v. t.) To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; to delineate extravagantly ; to overstate the truth concerning.
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.
Polyacoustics :: Polyacoustics (n.) The art of multiplying or magnifying sounds.
Magnificate :: Magnificate (v. t.) To magnify or extol.
Magnify :: Magnify (v. t.) To exaggerate; as, to magnify a loss or a difficulty..
Magnifying :: Magnifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Magnif.
Enlarge :: Enlarge (v. t.) To make larger; to increase in quantity or dimensions; to extend in limits; to magnify; as, the body is enlarged by nutrition; to enlarge one's house..
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 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..
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..
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..
Overmagnify :: Overmagnify (v. t.) To magnify too much.
Polyacoustic :: Polyacoustic (a.) Multiplying or magnifying sound.
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..
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..
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