[ US /ˈmæɡnəˌfaɪ/ ]
[ UK /mˈæɡnɪfˌa‍ɪ/ ]
VERB
  1. make large
    blow up an image
  2. increase in size, volume or significance
    Her terror was magnified in her mind
  3. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
    tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
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How To Use magnify In A Sentence

  • To see an air molecule, one must use a complex microscope that can magnify an object over a million times.
  • Then Kirwill retraced his route a second time, without the lamp and without a magnifying glass, comparing the ninhydrin prints with his own card of the prints of James Kirwill. Gorky Park
  • You could, for example, take the Urban Birds or Marine Birds tours; familiarise yourself with the amphibians living in the ponds up on Montjuïc, or inspect the biodiversity of the Parc del Castell de l'Oreneta through a magnifying glass. 10 of the best outdoors activities in Barcelona
  • Night always works better, but NO moon or little is optimal, some light is a pref for low light gear as it magnifys the ambient light. Cheeseburger Gothic » Gentlemen’s Club.
  • Each cluster acts as a magnifying lens, greatly brightening a quasar's light.
  • It seemed far-fetched to me: a typical example of the historian's tendency to magnify the importance of his speciality. TOY SHOP
  • When you looked through the jar filled with water, you were looking through a magnifying lens.
  • You really need a magnifying glass to appreciate all the fine detail.
  • They do not grasp the broad situation and spend their time magnifying ridiculous details.
  • Every instance of so-called household baptism has a phrase magnifying the idea of personal, conscious faith in the person baptized. Once a Methodist; Now a Baptist. Why?
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