magnifier (s.xii1)

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magnifier (s.xii1)

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  FEW:  magnificare 6/i,47b Gdf: GdfC:  magnifier 10,105c TL: magnefiier 5,774 DEAF:  magnefiier  DMF:  magnifier  TLF:  magnifier  OED:  magnify v.  MED:  magnifien v.  DMLBS:  magnificare 1684a
magnefier, 
p.p. magnifiethe,  manefiede  75.LVI.13  

v.a.

1to glorify
( MS: 1155-60 )  la tue destre, Sire, magnifiethe est en enfortece  267.7
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Seint Richard pur ceo magnifieit Jhesu Crist  M35
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv2 )  Ki dunc, Sire, ne te criendra, E tun nun ne magnefiera?  2776
2 to magnify, make prevail, give strength to
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) La nostre langue magnifierums  48.11.4

v.refl.

1to increase, to magnify
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  leur falsine et leur destour Fait que le tort se magnefie  25020
2 to take pride in onself, be presumptuous
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Jugier a l'orphenin et a l'jumle, qe il ne apost en ultre magnifier sei li huem sur terre  47.9.42
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