Magnify

·vi To have effect; to be of importance or significance.

II. Magnify ·vt To Exaggerate; as, to magnify a loss or a difficulty.

III. Magnify ·vt To praise highly; to Land; to Extol.

IV. Magnify ·vt To increase the importance of; to augment the esteem or respect in which one is held.

V. Magnify ·vi 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.

VI. Magnify ·vt 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.