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▪ I. magnifying, vbl. n.|ˈmægnɪfaɪɪŋ|
[f. magnify v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb magnify.
c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 162 Þei meyntenen anticristis prestis and here lawis..& magnifyenge of mennus lawis & dispisynge of goddis lawis. 1382― Jude 25 To God aloone oure sauyour, bi Jhesu Crist oure Lord, glorye and magnyfiying. c1384Chaucer H. Fame i. 306 Of oon he wolde have fame In magnifying of his name. 1612Bacon Ess., Praise (Arb.) 354 Too much magnifying of man or matter, doth irritate contradiction. 1651Hobbes Leviath. ii. xxxi. 189 Praise, and Magnifying are signified but by Words, and Actions. 1868J. M. Campbell in Mem. (1877) II. xiii. 203 A growing magnifying of their office on the part of the clergy.
b. attrib., in magnifying power.
c1705Berkeley Commonpl. Bk. Wks. 1871 IV. 481 The magnifying power of glasses. 1774M. Mackenzie Maritime Surv. 110 Write down..what Sort of Telescope you observed with, and its length and magnifying Power. 1807J. E. Smith Phys. Bot. 14 By the help of the highest magnifying powers.
▪ II. magnifying, ppl. a.|ˈmægnɪfaɪɪŋ|
[f. magnify v. + -ing2.]
That magnifies, in various senses.
1650Ashmole Chym. Collect. Proleg. 17 The airy and empty glory of Magnifying-Fame. 1901Munsey's Mag. (U.S.) XXV. 641/1 The microbes of disease are such minute..germs of life..under the microscopist's three-hundred magnifying lens.
b. magnifying glass. A glass lens, or combination of lenses, used to increase the apparent size of any object seen through it.
1665Boyle Occas. Refl. Disc. Occas. Medit. (1848) 28 Attention, like a magnifying glass, shews us..divers particularities undiscerned by those who want that advantage. 1705Pope Let. to Wycherley 23 June, 'Tis certain, the greatest magnifying Glasses in the World are a Man's own Eyes. 1859Reeve Brittany 187 With a strong magnifying-glass the words..may be distinctly read. |