MAGNIFIED

exaggerated, magnified, enlarged

(adjective) enlarged to an abnormal degree; “thick lenses exaggerated the size of her eyes”

MAGNIFY

magnify, amplify

(verb) increase in size, volume or significance; “Her terror was magnified in her mind”

overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify

(verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; “tended to romanticize and exaggerate this ‘gracious Old South’ imagery”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Adjective

magnified (comparative more magnified, superlative most magnified)

Having been visually enlarged by the process of magnification.

Synonyms

• enlarged

Verb

magnified

simple past tense and past participle of magnify

Source: Wiktionary

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MAGNIFY

Mag"ni*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Magnified; p. pr. & vb. n. Magnifying.] Etym: [OE. magnifien, F. magnifier, L. magnificare. See Magnific.]

1. 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. The least error in a small quantity . . . will in a great one . . . be proportionately magnified. Grew.

2. To increase the importance of; to augment the esteem or respect in which one is held. On that day the Lord magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel. Joshua iv. 14.

3. To praise highly; to land; to extol. [Archaic] O, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. Ps. xxxiv. 3.

4. To exaggerate; as, to magnify a loss or a difficulty. To magnify one's self (Script.), to exhibit pride and haughtiness; to boast.

– To magnify one's self against (Script.), to oppose with pride.

Mag"ni*fy, v. i.

1. 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.

2. To have effect; to be of importance or significance. [Cant & Obs.] Spectator. Magnifying glass, a lens which magnifies the apparent dimensions of objects seen through it.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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