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1. Increase in size, volume or significance
   "Her terror was magnified in her mind"
   - amplify
    
2. To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
   "tended to romanticize and magnify this 'gracious Old South' imagery"
   - overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise [Brit], amplify
    
3. Make appear larger; make a larger copy
   "magnify an image"
   - blow up, enlarge

Derived forms: magnified, magnifies, magnifying

See also: magnification, magnifier, magnitude

Type of: disinform, enlarge, increase, misinform, mislead

Encyclopedia: Magnify