to increase the apparent size of, as a lens does.

to make greater in actual size; enlarge

to magnify a drawing in preparing for a fresco.

to cause to seem greater or more important; attribute too much importance to; exaggerate

to magnify one's difficulties.

to make more exciting; intensify; dramatize; heighten

The playwright magnified the conflict to get her point across.

Archaic . to extol; praise

to magnify the Lord.

to increase or be able to increase the apparent or actual size of an object.