verb (v)

• increase in size, volume or significance(verb.change)

  Synonym:
  amplify
  

  source: wordnet30
• to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth(verb.communication)

  Synonym:
  amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overdraw, overstate
  Antonym:
  downplay, minimise, minimize, understate
  

  source: wordnet30
• make large(verb.change)

  Synonym:
  blow up, enlarge
  Antonym:
  reduce, scale down
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• 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.(verb)

  source: webster1913