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magnifying
adj. increasing, enlarging
 
magnify
v. enlarge, increase the size of; cause to appear larger (by means of lenses, etc.); exaggerate, make seem more important or serious

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Verb
1. increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind"
(synonym) amplify
(hypernym) enlarge
(derivation) magnitude
2. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
(synonym) overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, amplify
(hypernym) misinform, mislead
(hyponym) overemphasize, overemphasise, overstress
(derivation) exaggeration, overstatement, magnification
3. make large; "blow up an image"
(synonym) blow up, enlarge
(hypernym) increase
(derivation) magnitude
(classification) photography, picture taking


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magnify
v. zvětšit; zveličit

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Czas. powiększać; wyolbrzymiać; przesadzać

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