Index of English words, starting with "ma"

(1) - Magnifier (n.) One who, or that which, magnifies.

(1) - Magnify (v. i.) To have effect; to be of importance or significance.
(2) - Magnify (v. i.) To have the power of causing objects to appear larger than they really are; to increase the apparent dimensions of objects; as, some lenses magnify but little.
(3) - Magnify (v. t.) To exaggerate; as, to magnify a loss or a difficulty.
(4) - Magnify (v. t.) To praise highly; to land; to extol.
(5) - Magnify (v. t.) To increase the importance of; to augment the esteem or respect in which one is held.
(6) - Magnify (v. t.) To make great, or greater; to increase the dimensions of; to amplify; to enlarge, either in fact or in appearance; as, the microscope magnifies the object by a thousand diameters.

(1) - Magniloquence (n.) The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse; grandiloquence.

(1) - Magniloquent (a.) Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.