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)

  1. 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

  1. ^ magnificate, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

magnificate

  1. inflection of magnificare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

magnificate f pl

  1. feminine plural of magnificato

Latin

Verb

magnificāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of magnificō

Spanish

Verb

magnificate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of magnificar combined with te