動詞 magnify:

1. increase in size, volume or significance
   同義詞：amplify
2. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
   同義詞：overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, amplify
3. make large
   同義詞：blow up, enlarge

1. Telescopes and microscopes magnify.
   望遠(yuǎn)鏡和顯微鏡能放大。
2. This lens can magnify 20 diameter.
   這個透鏡能放大20倍。
3. The microscope magnified the object 100 times.
   這臺顯微鏡將物體放大了100倍。

mag.ni.fy

v.（動詞）
mag.ni.fied,mag.ni.fy.ing,mag.ni.fies
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To make greater in size; enlarge.
使…在尺寸上變大；放大
To cause to appear greater or seem more important than is in fact the case; exaggerate:
夸大：使看起來比實(shí)際情況更偉大或更重要；夸張：
例句：
You have grossly magnified a trivial situation.See Synonyms at exaggerate
你過分地夸大了一件雞毛蒜皮的小事參見 exaggerate

To increase the apparent size of, especially by means of a lens.
擴(kuò)大外觀上的尺寸，特別是利用透鏡
To glorify or praise.
頌揚(yáng)或者贊美
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To increase or have the power to increase the size or volume of an image or a sound.
放大或具有放大圖象尺寸或聲音音量的功能

來源：
Middle English magnifien [to extol]
中古英語 magnifien [頌揚(yáng)]
from Old French magnifier
源自 古法語 magnifier
from Latin magnific3re
源自 拉丁語 magnific3re
from magnificus [magnificent] * see magnific
源自 magnificus [壯麗的] *參見 magnific