Magnify (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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verb (used with object), mag·ni·fied, mag·ni·fy·ing.
  1. to increase the apparent size of, as a lens does.
  2. to make greater in actual size; enlarge: to magnify a drawing in preparing for a fresco.
  3. to cause to seem greater or more important; attribute too much importance to; exaggerate: to magnify one's difficulties.
  4. to make more exciting; intensify; dramatize; heighten: The playwright magnified the conflict to get her point across.
  5. to extol; praise: to magnify the Lord.
verb (used without object), mag·ni·fied, mag·ni·fy·ing.
  1. to increase or be able to increase the apparent or actual size of an object.
verb -fies, -fying or -fied
  1. to increase, cause to increase, or be increased in apparent size, as through the action of a lens, microscope, etc
  2. to exaggerate or become exaggerated in importance
  3. to increase in actual size
  4. to glorify
Magnify (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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