See magnify in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To make or become greater or larger:
aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build, build up, burgeon, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, grow, increase, mount, multiply, proliferate, rise, run up, snowball, soar, swell, upsurge, wax. (Informal) beef up. See increaseTo make (something) seem greater than is actually the case:
exaggerate, hyperbolize, inflate, overcharge, overstate. Idioms: blow up out of proportion, lay it on thick, stretch the truth. See increaseTo pay tribute or homage to:
acclaim, celebrate, eulogize, exalt, extol, glorify, hail2, honor, laud, panegyrize, praise. Idiom: sing someone's praises. See praiseTo honor (a deity) in religious worship:
exalt, extol, glorify, laud, praise. See religionTo raise to a high position or status:
aggrandize, apotheosize, dignify, elevate, ennoble, exalt, glorify, uplift. Idiom: put on a pedestal. See rise
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