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English to English verb
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increase in size, volume or significance |  | Example: Her terror was magnified in her mind
source: wordnet30
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to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth | | Example: tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
source: wordnet30
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exaggerate or make bigger | | Example: The charges were inflated
source: wordnet30
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increase the volume of | | Example: amplify sound
source: wordnet30
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To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc. | | source: webster1913
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To become larger. | | source: webster1913
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