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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mag•ni•fy /ˈmægnəˌfaɪ/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -fied, -fy•ing. - to increase the apparent size of:Binoculars magnify images.
- to exaggerate;
overstate:to magnify one's difficulties.
mag•ni•fi•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mag•ni•fy (mag′nə fī′),USA pronunciation v., -fied, -fy•ing. v.t. - to increase the apparent size of, as a lens does.
- to make greater in actual size;
enlarge:to magnify a drawing in preparing for a fresco. - to cause to seem greater or more important;
attribute too much importance to;
exaggerate:to magnify one's difficulties. - to make more exciting;
intensify;
dramatize;
heighten:The playwright magnified the conflict to get her point across. - [Archaic.]to extol;
praise:to magnify the Lord.
v.i. - to increase or be able to increase the apparent or actual size of an object.
- Latin magnificāre. See magni-, -fy
- Middle English magnifien 1350–1400
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged augment, increase, amplify.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged overstate.
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged reduce.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged minimize.
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