amplify
1. [ verb ] increase in size, volume or significance
Synonyms: magnify
Examples:

: "Her terror was magnified in her mind."

Related terms: enlarge amplifier magnification exaggeration enlargement
2. [ verb ] exaggerate or make bigger
Synonyms: expand inflate blow_up
Examples:

"The charges were inflated"

Related terms: increase puff_up
3. [ verb ] to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
Synonyms: exaggerate magnify hyperbolize overdraw hyerbolise overstate
Examples:

tended to romanticize and exaggerate this ``gracious Old South'' imagery"

Related terms: understate misinform boast overemphasize embroider exaggeration exaggeration
4. [ verb ] increase the volume of
Examples:

"amplify sound"

Related terms: intensify amplifier
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