KJV Dictionary - magnify
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MAGNIFY
MAGNIFY, v.t. 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 Chron. 29.
To magnify one's self, to raise in pride and pretensions.
He shall magnify in his heart. Dan.8.
Definition from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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