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magnify
English
Alternative forms
- magnifie (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle French magnifier, from Latin magnific?re, from magnificus.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?ma?n?fa?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?mæ?n?fa?/
Verb
magnify (third-person singular simple present magnifies, present participle magnifying, simple past and past participle magnified)
- (transitive) To praise, glorify (someone or something, especially God). [from 14th c.]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts X:
- For they herde them speake with tonges, and magnify God.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:
- For he who freely magnifies what hath been nobly done, and fears not to declare as freely what might be done better, gives ye the best cov'nant of his fidelity [...].
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts X:
- (transitive) To make (something) larger or more important. [from 14th c.]
- (transitive) To make (someone or something) appear greater or more important than it is; to intensify, exaggerate. [from 17th c.]
- (transitive) To make (something) appear larger by means of a lens, magnifying glass, telescope etc. [from 17th c.]
- (intransitive, slang, obsolete) To have effect; to be of importance or significance.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spectator to this entry?)
Derived terms
- magnifier
- magnifying glass
- magnification
Related terms
- minify (opposite)
Translations
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inflate
English
Etymology
From Latin ?nfl?tus, from the verb ?nfl?.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: ?n-fl?t', IPA(key): /?n?fle?t/
- Rhymes: -e?t
Verb
inflate (third-person singular simple present inflates, present participle inflating, simple past and past participle inflated)
- (transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
- 1782, John Scott of Amwell, An Essay on Painting
- When passion's tumults in the bosom rise, / Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes.
- 1782, John Scott of Amwell, An Essay on Painting
- (intransitive) To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).
- (figuratively) To swell; to puff up.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien
- Inflate themselves with some insane delight.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien
- (transitive, computing) To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.
Antonyms
- deflate
Derived terms
- inflated
- inflatingly
Related terms
- inflation
Translations
Latin
Participle
?nfl?te
- vocative masculine singular of ?nfl?tus
Adverb
?nfl?t? (comparative ?nfl?tius, superlative ?nfl?tissim?)
- haughtily, proudly, pompously
References
- inflate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- inflate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inflate in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- inflate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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