definition of
[magnify]

[1] #1 magnify v. [amplify] increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind". wn

[2] #2 magnify v. [overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, amplify] to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this 'gracious Old South' imagery". wn

[3] #3 magnify v. [blow up, enlarge] make large; "blow up an image". wn