MAGNIFY, MAGNIFYING GLASS
NOUNS
► MULTIPLYING-GLASS a magnifying glass → 1628
► OPTIC an eyeglass, lens, magnifying glass; a microscope, a telescope → a1631 obs.
VERBS
► BIG to make big, to magnify → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GREATEN to increase, to enlarge, to magnify → 1626 arch.
► MAGNIFICATE to magnify or extol → 1598 obs.
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