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magnified, ppl. a.|ˈmægnɪfaɪd|
[f. magnify + -ed1.]
†1. Extolled, lauded. Obs.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. i. vi. 22 The magnified Virgil. 1660Waterhouse Arms & Arm. 190 The illustrious Copies drawn by their fair and magnified hands. 1664H. More Synopsis Proph. To Rdr. 185 Those worthily magnified elucubrations of Mr. Joseph Mede. 1690Locke Hum. Und. iv. vii. §11 They are far enough from receiving any help from the Contemplation of these, or the like magnify'd Maxims.
2. Enlarged to the sight. lit. and fig.
1839Penny Cycl. XV. 177/2 An instrument for enabling the eye..to see magnified images of small objects. 1852Robertson Serm. Ser. iii. xii. 151 This is but prudence after all, it is but magnified selfishness carried on into eternity. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. II. xxviii. 217 Her hands showing curves and dimples like a magnified baby's. 1899J. Caird Fundamental Ideas Chr. I. iii. 57 Ordinary thought finds no impossibility in representing to itself a personality who is simply a magnified man. |