magnify

v 1: increase in size, volume or significance: "Her terror was

magnified in her mind." [syn: {amplify}]

2: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth: " tended to

romanticize and exaggerate this ``gracious Old South''

imagery." [syn: {overstate}, {exaggerate}, {overdraw}, {hyperbolize},

{amplify}] [ant: {understate}]

3: make large; "blow up an image" [syn: {blow up}, {enlarge}]

[ant: {reduce}]