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micrify

American

[mahy-kruh-fahy] / ˈmaɪ krəˌfaɪ /

verb (used with object)

micrified, micrifying

to make small or insignificant.

Etymology

Origin of micrify

1830–40; micr- ( def. ) + -ify

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micrified

It is a miniature frog, a dwarf frog, a frog seen by looking through the wrong end of the telescope, a frog not magnified, but micrified.

From The Glands Regulating Personality by Berman, Louis, M.D.

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