MAG'NITUDE, noun [Latin magnitudo.] Extent of dimensions or parts; bulk; size; applied to things that have length, breadth or thickness. 1. Greatness; grandeur. With plain heroic magnitude of mind. 2. Greatness, in reference to influence or effect; importance. In affairs or magnitude disdain not to take counsel.
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