Definition of 'magnify'

Verb

1. increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind"
      Synonyms: amplify
2. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
      Synonyms: overstate exaggerate overdraw hyperbolize hyerbolise amplify
      Antonyms: understate minimize minimise downplay
3. make large; "blow up an image"
      Synonyms: blow up enlarge
      Antonyms: reduce scale down

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