magnifico

[Ital., from Lat. magnific us.] 1. A grandee of Venice. "The magnifico is much beloved, And hath in his effect a voice potential." Shakesp.: Othello , i. 2. 2. A rector of a German university. *măg-nif-i-cous, a . [Lat. magnific us =magnifi. cent (q. v.).] Magnificent, grand, pompous. *mag-nif-i-cous-lý, adv . [Eng. magnifico us ; -ly .] Magnificently, grandly, pompously. ( Hooker .) măg-ni-fi-er, s. [Eng. magnify ; -er.] 1. One who or that which magnifies, praises, or extols. 2. That which makes great or increases; an in creaser. 3. A magnifying-gla (q. v.). "One of our microscopes has been counted by several of the curious as good a magnifier as, perhaps, any in the world."- Boyle : Works, ii. 543. măg-ni-fy, *mag-ni-fi-en, v . t. & i. [Fr. mag nifier , from Lat. magnifico =to make great; magnus =great, and facio =to make; Ital. magnific are ; Sp. & Port. magnificar .] A. Transitive : 1. To make great or greater; to increase the apparent size or dimensions of. 12. To make or declare great, to extol; to declare the praises of; to glorify. "Let thy name be magnified for ever." -2 Samuel vii. 26. *3. To raise in pride or pretensions. "O Lord, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnifled himself."- Lamentations i. 9. 4. To exaggerate; to represent as greater than reality. "Each vainly magnifies his own succe , Resents his fellow's, wishes it were le ." Cowper: Tirocinium, 477. B. Intransitive: 1. To have the power or quality of causing things to appear larger than reality; to increase the apparent size or dimensions of objects; as, This gla magnifies too much. *2. To have effect, to signify, to avail. măg-ni-fy-ing, pr. par., a., & s. [MAGNIFY.] A. & B. As pr . par . & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst .: The act of making greater or larger in appearance; the act of praising or extolling. IMG:content-0826.png:[blocks in formation] 2600