MAGNIFY

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

2. magnify ·vt to exaggerate; as, to magnify a loss or a difficulty.

3. magnify ·vt to praise highly; to land; to extol.

4. magnify ·vt to increase the importance of; to augment the esteem or respect in which one is held.

5. 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.

6. 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.