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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective enlarged to an abnormal degree.

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  • adjective Having been visually enlarged by the process of magnification.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of magnify.

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  • adjective enlarged to an abnormal degree

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Examples

  • If Rowling had written it, it would be called an Unforgivable, the Broken Heart Curse, to be hit with a hex that forces you to relive your greatest regrets in magnified, accusatory glory.

    all in a day « Love | Peace | Ohana 2007

  • One thing that's magnified is the effectiveness of Shaquille, his incredible ability to overmatch and overplay and over-dominate the other centers.

    USATODAY.com - Lakers one win away from joining exclusive club 2002

  • Israel, "from" them shall raise your voices to "magnify the Lord," acknowledging that Jehovah has shown to you a gratuitous favor not shown to Edom, and so ought to be especially "magnified from the borders of Israel."

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • Quoth the Prince, "Then Allah (be His name magnified and His might glorified!) only willed the existence of created things, before they came into being?"

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • "The Edomites shall be stigmatized as a people hated of God, but your eyes shall see your doubts concerning his love to you for ever silenced; for you shall say, and have cause to say, The Lord is and will be magnified from the border of Israel, from every part and border of the land of Israel."

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

  • Yet a khan, whose power they vainly magnified, is said to have received at their hands the rites of baptism, and even of ordination; and the fame of Prester or Presbyter John 117 has long amused the credulity of

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • My first thought was I had stitched the wrong images together, my second was to check the 550D sensor specs again (22. 3x14.9mm ... it should handle 12mm with overlap in either orientation, so no), but since the problem only affects the 1. 4x TCed shot, it seems logical that the shift is also being "magnified" - something I had not even considered.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com) 2010

  • 5 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The Lord will be magnified from the border of Israel.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

  • For interpreters, the problem in magnified since they generally don’t have the time to think about different ways to translate hard words.

    Reflective Surface - Untranslatable words 2004

  • For interpreters, the problem in magnified since they generally don’t have the time to think about different ways to translate hard words.

    Reflective Surface - Archives: 2004 June 2004

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