magnify meaning and definition

MAGNIFY verb

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: amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overdraw, overstate
   • antonym: downplay
3. make large
   • "blow up an image"
   • synonyms: blow up, enlarge
   • antonym: reduce