unmagnify

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ magnify

Verb[edit]

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

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