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A voltaic
series of two or more large plates, producing a great quantity of
electricity of low tension, and hence adapted to the exhibition of
electro-magnetic phenomena. [R.]

Mag`net*o*ther"a*py (?), n.
(Med.) The treatment of disease by the application of
magnets to the surface of the body.

Mag"ni*fi`a*ble, a. [From
Magnify.] Such as can be magnified, or
extolled.

{ Mag*nif"ic (?), Mag*nif"ic*al (?), }
a. [L. magnificus; magnus great +
facere to make: cf. F. magnifique. See
Magnitude, Fact. and cf. Magnificent.]
Grand; splendid; illustrious; magnificent. [Obs.] 1
Chron. xxii. 5. "Thy magnific deeds." Milton. --
Mag*nif"ic*al*ly, adv. [Obs.]

||Mag*nif"i*cat (?), n. [L., it
magnifies.] The song of the Virgin Mary, Luke i. 46; --
so called because it commences with this word in the
Vulgate.

Mag*nif"i*cate (?), v. t. [L.
magnificatus, p.

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