Magnify

mag′ni-fī, v.t. to make great or greater: to enlarge: to cause to appear greater: to exaggerate: to praise highly:— pa.p. mag′nified. — adjs. Mag′nifiable , that may be magnified; Magnif′ic , -al , great: splendid: noble.— adv. Magnif′ically , in a magnificent manner.— ns. Magnificā′tion , act of magnifying: increase of visual power in penetration as well as enlargement; Mag′nifier , one who, or that which, magnifies or enlarges: one who extols.— Magnify one's self , show great pride— against , oppose with pride; Magnifying gla , in optics, a convex lens, objects seen through it having their apparent dimensions increased. [Fr.,—L. magnificāre — magnus , great, facĕre , to make.]