unmagnify

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verb

To make to appear smaller; to undo the magnification of.

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Meanings

verbunmagnify (third-person singular simple present unmagnifies, present participle unmagnifying, simple past and past participle unmagnified)

present singular third person unmagnifies · participle present unmagnifying · participle past unmagnified · past unmagnified

  1. raretransitiveTo 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

Origin

From un- + magnify.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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