· increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind"
Synonym(s): amplify
Hypernym(s): enlarge
· to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
Synonym(s): overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, amplify
Hypernym(s): misinform, mislead
· make large; "blow up an image"
Hypernym(s): increase