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Definitions for Magnify

[1] to increase the apparent size of, as a lens does.
[2] to make greater in actual size; enlarge: to magnify a drawing in preparing for a fresco.
[3] to cause to seem greater or more important; attribute too much importance to; exaggerate: to magnify one's difficulties.
[4] to make more exciting; intensify; dramatize; heighten: The playwright magnified the conflict to get her point across.
[5] Archaic . to extol; praise: to magnify the Lord.
[6] to increase or be able to increase the apparent or actual size of an object.
[7] to increase, cause to increase, or be increased in apparent size, as through the action of a lens, microscope, etc
[8] to exaggerate or become exaggerated in importance don't magnify your troubles
[9] (tr) rare to increase in actual size
[10] (tr) archaic to glorify

Words related to Magnify

aggravate, deepen, multiply, enhance, inflate, heighten, amplify, overstate, overestimate, pyramid, ennoble, dignify, redouble, distend, dilate, eulogize, increase, exalt, pad, boost

Words nearby Magnify

magnification, magnificence, magnificent, magnifico, magnifier, magnify, magnifying glass, magniloquent, magnisonant, magnitogorsk, magnitude

Origin of Magnify

1350–1400; Middle English magnifien < Latin magnificāre. See magni-, -fy

Other words from Magnify

mag·ni·fi·a·ble , adjective
o·ver·mag·ni·fy , verb (used with object), o·ver·mag·ni·fied, o·ver·mag·ni·fy·ing.
re·mag·ni·fy , verb (used with object), re·mag·ni·fied, re·mag·ni·fy·ing.
un·mag·ni·fied , adjective
un·mag·ni·fy·ing , adjective

Word origin for Magnify

C14: via Old French from Latin magnificāre to praise; see magnific

Synonyms for Magnify

aggravate, amplify, deepen, enhance, heighten, inflate, multiply, aggrandize, augment, bless, boost, dignify, dilate, distend, ennoble, eulogize, exalt, expand, extend, glorify, hike, increase, mount, pad, pyramid, redouble, rise, rouse, sweeten, swell, blow up, build up, hike up, intensate, jack up, jump up, run up, step up