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Verb: magnify  'mag-ni,fI
  1. Make appear larger; make a larger copy
    "magnify an image";
    - blow up, enlarge
     
  2. Increase in size, volume or significance
    "Her terror was magnified in her mind";
    - amplify
     
  3. Describe or represent something in a way that makes it seem larger, better or more important than it actually is
    "The report magnified trivial errors";
    - overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise [Brit], amplify

Derived forms: magnified, magnifies, magnifying

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

Encyclopedia: Magnify