magnify
(verb)
verb
1. increase in size, volume or significance
- Her terror was magnified in her mind
Similar word(s): amplify
Definition categories: change, enlarge
2. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
Similar word(s): amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overdraw, overstate
Definition categories: communication, misinform, mislead
3. make large
- blow up an image
Similar word(s): enlarge