v 1: increase in size, volume or significance: "Her terror was
magnified in her mind." [syn: amplify]
2: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; " tended to
romanticize and exaggerate this ``gracious Old South''
imagery" [syn: overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, amplify] [ant: understate]
3: make large; "blow up an image" [syn: blow up, enlarge]
[ant: reduce]