Magnify

Verb

 * 1) To make an object appear larger so one can see it in more detail, such as with a magnifying glass or a telescope.
 * 2) To make a situation or an idea appear greater or more important than it is.

Derived terms

 * magnifier
 * magnifying glass
 * magnification

Related terms

 * minify (opposite)

Adverbs for Magnify
stereoptlcally; enormously;  stupendously; gloriously; theatrically; barbarically; audaciously; scientifically; mechanically; prodigiously.

Thesaurus
accelerate, add to, adulate, agent provocateur, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, annoy, apotheose, apotheosize, augment, ballyhoo, beatify, beef up, belaud, bepraise, bless, bless the Lord, bloat, blow up, boast of, boost, brag about, broaden, build, build up, bulk, bulk out, burlesque, canonize, caricature, carry too far, celebrate, color, complicate, concentrate, condense, consolidate, crescendo, crown, cry up, deepen, deify, deteriorate, develop, dignify, dilate, distend, distinguish, double, doxologize, dramatize, draw the longbow, elevate, embellish, embitter, emblazon, enhance, enlarge, ennoble, enshrine, enthrone, erect, eulogize, exacerbate, exaggerate, exalt, exasperate, expand, extend, extol, flatter, fudge, glamorize, glorify, glorify the Lord, go to extremes, heat up, heighten, hero-worship, hike, hike up, honor, hop up, hot up, huff, hymn, hyperbolize, idolize, immortalize, increase, inflate, intensify, irritate, jazz up, key up, laud, lay it on, lionize, make acute, make complex, make legendary, make much of, make worse, maximize, mount, multiply, overcharge, overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overestimate, overpaint, overpraise, overreach, overreact, oversell, overspeak, overstate, overstress, pad, panegyrize, pay tribute, pile it on, porter aux nues, praise, praise God, provoke, puff, puff up, pump, pump up, raise, ramify, rarefy, redouble, reinforce, rouse, saint, salute, sanctify, set up, sharpen, sing praises, soup up, sour, step up, strengthen, stretch, stretch the truth, sublime, sufflate, swell, talk big, talk in superlatives, throne, tout, travesty, triple, trumpet, up, uplift, uprear, vise, whet, widen, worsen

Etymology
From magnifier;

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Dutch: vergroten
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, kinagyít


 * Japanese: 拡大する (kakudai-suru)
 * Macedonian: увеличува, зголемува
 * Norwegian: forstørre
 * Romanian: mări
 * Russian: увеличивать, увеличить