'Magnify' definitions:
Definition of 'magnify'
From: WordNet
verb
Increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind" [syn: magnify, amplify]
verb
To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" [syn: overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify] [ant: downplay, minimise, minimize, understate]
verb
Definition of 'Magnify'
From: GCIDE
- Magnify \Mag"ni*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Magnified; p. pr. & vb. n. Magnifying.] [OE. magnifien, F. magnifier, L. magnificare. See Magnific.]
- 1. To make great, or greater; to increase the dimensions of; to amplify; to enlarge, either in fact or in appearance; as, the microscope magnifies the object by a thousand diameters. [1913 Webster]
- The least error in a small quantity . . . will in a great one . . . be proportionately magnified. --Grew. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To increase the importance of; to augment the esteem or respect in which one is held. [1913 Webster]
- On that day the Lord magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel. --Joshua iv. 14. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To praise highly; to laud; to extol. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- O, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. --Ps. xxxiv. 3. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To exaggerate; as, to magnify a loss or a difficulty. [1913 Webster]
- To magnify one's self (Script.), to exhibit pride and haughtiness; to boast.
- To magnify one's self against (Script.), to oppose with pride. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Magnify'
From: GCIDE
- Magnify \Mag"ni*fy\, v. i.
- 1. To have the power of causing objects to appear larger than they really are; to increase the apparent dimensions of objects; as, some lenses magnify but little. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To have effect; to be of importance or significance. [Cant & Obs.] --Spectator. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'magnify'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accelerate,
- add to,
- adulate,
- agent provocateur,
- aggrandize,
- aggravate,
- amplify,
- annoy,
- apotheose,
- apotheosize,
- augment,
- ballyhoo,
- beatify,
- beef up,
- belaud,
- bepraise,
- bless,
- bless the Lord,
- bloat,
- blow up,
- boast of,
- boost,
- brag about,
- broaden,
- build,
- build up,
- bulk,
- bulk out,
- burlesque,
- canonize,
- caricature,
- carry too far,
- celebrate,
- color,
- complicate,
- concentrate,
- condense,
- consolidate,
- crescendo,
- crown,
- cry up,
- deepen,
- deify,
- deteriorate,
- develop,
- dignify,
- dilate,
- distend,
- distinguish,
- double,
- doxologize,
- dramatize,
- draw the longbow,
- elevate,
- embellish,
- embitter,
- emblazon,
- enhance,
- enlarge,
- ennoble,
- enshrine,
- enthrone,
- erect,
- eulogize,
- exacerbate,
- exaggerate,
- exalt,
- exasperate,
- expand,
- extend,
- extol,
- flatter,
- fudge,
- glamorize,
- glorify,
- glorify the Lord,
- go to extremes,
- heat up,
- heighten,
- hero-worship,
- hike,
- hike up,
- honor,
- hop up,
- hot up,
- huff,
- hymn,
- hyperbolize,
- idolize,
- immortalize,
- increase,
- inflate,
- intensify,
- irritate,
- jazz up,
- key up,
- laud,
- lay it on,
- lionize,
- make acute,
- make complex,
- make legendary,
- make much of,
- make worse,
- maximize,
- mount,
- multiply,
- overcharge,
- overdo,
- overdraw,
- overemphasize,
- overestimate,
- overpaint,
- overpraise,
- overreach,
- overreact,
- oversell,
- overspeak,
- overstate,
- overstress,
- pad,
- panegyrize,
- pay tribute,
- pile it on,
- porter aux nues,
- praise,
- praise God,
- provoke,
- puff,
- puff up,
- pump,
- pump up,
- raise,
- ramify,
- rarefy,
- redouble,
- reinforce,
- rouse,
- saint,
- salute,
- sanctify,
- set up,
- sharpen,
- sing praises,
- soup up,
- sour,
- step up,
- strengthen,
- stretch,
- stretch the truth,
- sublime,
- sufflate,
- swell,
- talk big,
- talk in superlatives,
- throne,
- tout,
- travesty,
- triple,
- trumpet,
- up,
- uplift,
- uprear,
- vise,
- whet,
- widen,
- worsen