magnify
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
magnify (magnifies, present participle magnifying; past and past participle magnified)
- (transitive) To praise, glorify (someone or something, especially God). [from 14th c.]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts X:
- For they herde them speake with tonges, and magnify God.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:
- For he who freely magnifies what hath been nobly done, and fears not to declare as freely what might be done better, gives ye the best cov'nant of his fidelity [...].
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts X:
- (transitive) To make (something) larger or more important. [from 14th c.]
- The least error in a small quantity […] will in a great one […] be proportionately magnified.
- (transitive) To make (someone or something) appear greater or more important than it is; to intensify, exaggerate. [from 17th c.]
- (transitive) To make (something) appear larger by means of a lens, magnifying glass, telescope etc. [from 17th c.]
- (intransitive, slang, obsolete) To have effect; to be of importance or significance.
- minify (opposite)
- French: agrandir
- German: vergrößern
- Italian: ingrandire, amplificare, ingigantire
- Portuguese: magnificar, ampliar
- Russian: увели́чивать
- Spanish: magnificar
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