1. (

• magnify ,
• amplify

) increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind" ;

2. (

• overstate ,
• exaggerate ,
• overdraw ,
• hyperbolize ,
• hyperbolise ,
• magnify ,
• amplify

) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" ;

3. (

• inflate ,
• blow_up ,
• expand ,
• amplify ,

) exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated" ;

4. (

• amplify ,

) increase the volume of; "amplify sound" ;