magnify (v)
amplify (v)

Definition: increase in size, volume or significance
Example: Her terror was magnified in her mind.

amplify (v)
exaggerate (v)
hyperbolise (v)
hyperbolize (v)
magnify (v)
overdraw (v)
overstate (v)

Definition: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
Example: tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery.

amplify (v)

Definition: increase the volume of
Example: amplify sound.

inflate (v)
expand (v)
blow up (v)
amplify (v)

Definition: exaggerate or make bigger
Example: The charges were inflated.