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Definitions for Magnifying
[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 Magnifying
magnifyaggravate, deepen, multiply, enhance, inflate, heighten, amplify, overstate, overestimate, pyramid, ennoble, dignify, redouble, distend, dilate, eulogize, increase, exalt, pad, boost
Words nearby Magnifying
magnifymagnification, magnificence, magnificent, magnifico, magnifier, magnify, magnifying glass, magniloquent, magnisonant, magnitogorsk, magnitude
Origin of Magnifying
1350–1400; Middle English magnifien < Latin magnificāre. See magni-, -fy
Other words from Magnifying
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 Magnifying
C14: via Old French from Latin magnificāre to praise; see magnific
Synonyms for Magnifying
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