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<h1>Magnificate</h1> <Xpage=882>

<hw>Mag*nif"i*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>magnificatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>magnificare</ets>.]</ety> <def>To magnify or extol.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Marston.</i>

<h1>Magnification</h1> <Xpage=882>

<hw>Mag`ni*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Magnificence</h1> <Xpage=882>

<hw>Mag*nif"i*cence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>magnificence</ets>, L. <ets>magnificentia</ets>. See <er>Magnific</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of doing what magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent.</def> <i>Acts xix. 27</i>. "Then cometh <i>magnificence</i>." <i>Chaucer</i>.

<blockquote>And, for the heaven's wide circuit, let it speak The Maker's high <b>magnificence</b>, who built so spacious. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The noblest monuments of Roman <b>magnificence.</b> <i>Eustace.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Magnificent</h1> <Xpage=882>

<hw>Mag*nif"i*cent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Magnificence</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Doing grand things; admirable in action; displaying great power or opulence, especially in building, way of living, and munificence.</def>

<blockquote>A prince is never so <b>magnificent</b> As when he's sparing to enrich a few With the injuries of many. <i>Massinger.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Grand in appearance; exhibiting grandeur or splendor; splendid' pompous.</def>

<blockquote>When Rome's exalted beauties I descry <b>Magnificent</b> in piles of ruin lie. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Glorious; majestic; sublime. See <er>Grand</er>.</syn>

<h1>Magnificently</h1> <Xpage=882>

<hw>Mag*nif"i*cent*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a Magnificent manner.</def>

<h1>Magnifico</h1> <Xpage=882>

<hw>Mag*nif"i*co</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Magnificoes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[It. See Magnific.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A grandee or nobleman of Venice; -- so called in courtesy.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A rector of a German university.</def>

<h1>Magnifier</h1> <Xpage=882>

<hw>Mag"ni*fi`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, magnifies.</def>

<h1>Magnify</h1> <Xpage=882>

<hw>Mag"ni*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Magnified</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Magnifying</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>magnifien</ets>, F. <ets>magnifier</ets>, L. <ets>magnificare</ets>. See <er>Magnific</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make great, or greater; to increase the dimensions of; to amplify; to enlarge, either in fact or in appearance; <as>as, the microscope <ex>magnifies</ex> the object by a thousand diameters</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The least error in a small quantity . . . will in a great one . . . be proportionately <b>magnified</b>. <i>Grew.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To increase the importance of; to augment the esteem or respect in which one is held.</def>

<blockquote>On that day the Lord <b>magnified</b> Joshua in the sight of all Israel. <i>Joshua iv. 14.</i></blockquote>