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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To make greater in size; enlarge.
  2. v. To cause to appear greater or seem more important than is in fact the case; exaggerate: You have grossly magnified a trivial situation. See Synonyms at exaggerate.
  3. v. To increase the apparent size of, especially by means of a lens.
  4. v. To glorify or praise.
  5. v. To increase or have the power to increase the size or volume of an image or a sound.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To make greater; increase the size, amount, or extent of; enlarge; augment.
  2. To cause to appear greater; increase the apparent dimensions of; enlarge or augment to the eye: as, a convex lens magnifies the bulk of a body to the eye.
  3. To exalt the power, glory, or greatness of; sound the praises of; extol; glorify.
  4. To represent as greater than the reality; exaggerate: as, to magnify a person's deeds; to magnify the evils of one's lot.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To make great, or greater; to increase the dimensions of; to amplify; to enlarge, either in fact or in appearance.
  2. v. To increase the importance of; to augment the esteem or respect in which one is held.
  3. v. Archaic To praise highly; to laud; to extol.
  4. v. To exaggerate.
  5. v. To have the power of causing objects to appear larger than they really are; to increase the apparent dimensions of objects.
  6. v. Cant & Obs. To have effect; to be of importance or significance.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. increase in size, volume or significance
  2. v. make large
  3. v. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

Etymologies

  1. From Middle French magnifier or its source, Latin magnificāre, from magnificus. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English magnifien, to extol, from Old French magnifier, from Latin magnificāre, from magnificus, magnificent; see magnific. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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