magnificate

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verb

To magnify or extol.

OriginLatin magnificātus →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

verbmagnificate (third-person singular simple present magnificates, present participle magnificating, simple past and past participle magnificated)

present singular third person magnificates · participle present magnificating · participle past magnificated · past magnificated

  1. To magnify or extol.
    1 more example

    [T]each thy Incubus to Poëtize, / And throvve abroad thy ſpurious Snotteries, / Vpon that puft-up Lumpe of Barmy froth, / […] / Or Clumſy Chil-blain'd Iudgement; that, vvith Oath, / Magnificates his Merit; and beſpaules / The conſcious Time, vvith humorous Fome; & bravvles, / As if his Organons of Senſe vvould crack / The ſinevves of my Patience.

    1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act V, scene iii

Origin

  1. Latinmagnificātus
  2. Englishmagnificate

Borrowed from Latin magnificātus, perfect passive participle of magnificō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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APA

magnificate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magnificate

MLA

“magnificate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magnificate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “magnificate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magnificate.

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