1867 J. Parker in True Method promoting Perfect Love (ed. 3) vi. 121 We should avoid the minifying of the instantaneous work in the heart, through faith, by the Spirit of God.

1885 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 431/1 The minifying process by which these designs have been reproduced saves them from the fault of the last-named book.

1909 Mod. Lang. Notes 24 3/1 The vast period of time over which his existence stretches..may account for the minifying of his powers.

1995 Electronic Design (Nexis) 12 June 196 Filtering during minifying and linear interpolation when magnifying images improves both the image quality and the video performance.

1850 T. Parker Discourse occasioned by death of late President Taylor in Wks. (1863) IV. 205 I have not seen anything very great in General Taylor, though I have diligently put my eye to the magnifying glasses of his political partizans; neither have I seen anything uncommonly mean and little in him, though I have also looked through the minifying glasses of his foes.

1870 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 414/2 Love delights in minifying and even disparaging terms of endearment.

1906 J. Orr Probl. Old Test. viii. 266 On these [phenomena] the minifying end of the critical telescope is persistently turned.

1921 W. de la Mare Mem. of Midget v. 32 So sprawling..was my godmother's penmanship that I spelled her letter out at last with a minifying glass.

1991 Exper. Brain Res. 87 57 The vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) was studied..before and after adaptation to magnifying and minifying viewing conditions.