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MAGNIFY, L. magnifico magnus, great, and facio, to make.

1. To make great or greater to increase the apparent dimensions of a body. A convex lens magnifies the bulk of a body to the eye.
2. To make great in representation to extol to exalt in description or praise. The embassador magnified the king and queen.
3. To extol to exalt to elevate to raise in estimation.

Thee that day

Thy thunders magnified.

The Lord magnified Solomon exceedingly. 1 Chronicles 29 .

To magnify one's self, to raise in pride and pretensions.

He shall magnify in his heart. Daniel 8

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Entry for 'Magnify'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​m/magnify.html.
 
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