magnificate
English
Etymology
From Latin magnificātus, past participle of magnificō.[1]
Verb
magnificate (third-person singular simple present magnificates, present participle magnificating, simple past and past participle magnificated)
- To magnify or extol.
- 1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act V, scene iii:
- [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.
References
- ^ “magnificate, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- “magnificate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
magnificate
- inflection of magnificare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
magnificate f pl
- feminine plural of magnificato
Latin
Verb
magnificāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of magnificō
Spanish
Verb
magnificate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of magnificar combined with te