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Verb magnifies, magnifying, magnified
magnify - increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind"
		amplify
		enlarge make larger; "She enlarged the flower beds"
magnify - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
		overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, amplify
		understate, downplay, minimise, minimize represent as less significant or important
		misinform, mislead give false or misleading information to
		overemphasise, overemphasize, overstress place special or excessive emphasis on; "I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book"
		vaunt, shoot a line, gasconade, brag, gas, boast, tout, bluster, swash, blow attack with gas; subject to gas fumes; "The despot gassed the rebellious tribes"
		aggrandise, aggrandize, embroider, lard, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, pad, blow up add details to
magnify - make large; "blow up an image"
		blow up, enlarge
		scale down, reduce reduce proportionally; "The model is scaled down"
		increase make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"
		picture taking, photography the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies

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magnify (v. t.)
To make great, or greater; to increase the dimensions of; to amplify; to enlarge, either in fact or in appearance; as, the microscope magnifies the object by a thousand diameters.
magnify (v. t.)
To increase the importance of; to augment the esteem or respect in which one is held.
magnify (v. t.)
To praise highly; to land; to extol.
magnify (v. t.)
To exaggerate; as, to magnify a loss or a difficulty.
magnify (v. i.)
To have the power of causing objects to appear larger than they really are; to increase the apparent dimensions of objects; as, some lenses magnify but little.
magnify (v. i.)
To have effect; to be of importance or significance.