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English to English verb
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increase in size, volume or significance |  | Example: Her terror was magnified in her mind
source: wordnet30
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to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth |  | Example: tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
source: wordnet30
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make large |  | Example: blow up an image
source: wordnet30
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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. |  | source: webster1913
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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. |  | source: webster1913
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