MAGNIFIED
exaggerated, magnified, enlarged
(adjective) enlarged to an abnormal degree; “thick lenses exaggerated the size of her eyes”
MAGNIFY
magnify, amplify
(verb) increase in size, volume or significance; “Her terror was magnified in her mind”
overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify
(verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; “tended to romanticize and exaggerate this ‘gracious Old South’ imagery”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
magnified (comparative more magnified, superlative most magnified)
Having been visually enlarged by the process of magnification.
Synonyms
• enlarged
Verb
magnified
simple past tense and past participle of magnify
Source: Wiktionary
MAGNIFY
Mag"ni*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Magnified; p. pr. & vb. n.
Magnifying.] Etym: [OE. magnifien, F. magnifier, L. magnificare. See
Magnific.]
1. To make great, or greater; to increase the dimensions of; to
amplify; to enlarge, either in fact or in appearance; as, the
microscope magnifies the object by a thousand diameters.
The least error in a small quantity . . . will in a great one . . .
be proportionately magnified. Grew.
2. To increase the importance of; to augment the esteem or respect in
which one is held.
On that day the Lord magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel.
Joshua iv. 14.
3. To praise highly; to land; to extol. [Archaic]
O, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. Ps.
xxxiv. 3.
4. To exaggerate; as, to magnify a loss or a difficulty. To magnify
one's self (Script.), to exhibit pride and haughtiness; to boast.
– To magnify one's self against (Script.), to oppose with pride.
Mag"ni*fy, v. i.
1. To have the power of causing objects to appear larger than they
really are; to increase the apparent dimensions of objects; as, some
lenses magnify but little.
2. To have effect; to be of importance or significance. [Cant & Obs.]
Spectator. Magnifying glass, a lens which magnifies the apparent
dimensions of objects seen through it.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition