magnify
/ˈmæɡnɪfaɪ/ verb B2- To praise, glorify (someone or something, especially God).
- To make (something) larger or more important.
- To make (someone or something) appear greater or more important than it is; to intensify, exaggerate.
- To make (something) appear larger by means of a lens, magnifying glass, telescope etc.
He/she/it magnifies · Past magnified · Past participle magnified · -ing form magnifying
Verb forms
- Base form
- magnify
- He/she/it
- magnifies
- Past
- magnified
- Past participle
- magnified
- -ing form
- magnifying
From the library
ROAMING BY the mountainside at sundown, a Wolf saw his own shadow become greatly extended and magnified, and he said to himself, “Why should I, being of such an immense size and extending nearly an acre in length, be afraid of the Lion?
“Look at that with your magnifying glass, Mr.
As he held the waxen print close to the blood-stain, it did not take a magnifying glass to see that the two were undoubtedly from the same thumb.
As he spoke, he whipped a tape measure and a large round magnifying glass from his pocket.
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