— magnifiable , adj.
/mag"neuh fuy'/ , v. , magnified, magnifying .
v.t.
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. Archaic. to extol; praise: to magnify the Lord.
v.i.
6. to increase or be able to increase the apparent or actual size of an object.
[ 1350-1400; ME magnifien magnificare. See MAGNI-, -FY ]
Syn. 2. augment, increase, amplify. 3. overstate.
Ant. 1, 2. reduce. 3. minimize.