To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc.
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To give untrue information to; to inform wrongly.
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To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc.
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To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed…
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To lead into error; to cause to believe what is false, or disbelieve what is true; to impose upon; to mislead; to cheat; to disappoint; to delude; to…
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To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to u…
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To heap up; to accumulate.
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To speak or write with exaggeration.
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See Lye.
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To make great, or greater; to increase the dimensions of; to amplify; to enlarge, either in fact or in appearance; as, the microscope magnifies the o…
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To exaggerate; to overdo.
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To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate.
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To haggle.
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To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevar…
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To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle.
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Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.
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Untrue or incorrect information.
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Untrue or incorrect information.
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To lead into a wrong way or path; to lead astray; to guide into error; to cause to mistake; to deceive.
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