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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unmagnify en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + magnify.

Meanings

  1. (rare, transitive) To make to appear smaller; to undo the magnification of.
    • As he magnifies and unmagnifies the spectacle, picking up and putting down his glasses, he is disoriented by alternate, coexisting versions of the actress. 2015, Hannah Freed-Thall, Spoiled Distinctions, page 72:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
unmagnifies Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
unmagnifying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unmagnified Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unmagnified Tense=Past lexicographic