MAGNIFY

v. 1 enlarge, expand, amplify, inflate, increase, augment, exaggerate, heighten, build up, boost, dramatize, aggravate, worsen, exacerbate; overstate, Colloq blow up, make a mountain out of a molehill Tiny errors in the beginning are magnified later on I fear that he has magnified its importance out of all proportion. 2 enlarge, blow up They had to magnify the photograph to read the registration number of the stolen car