magnify

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
magnify/ˈmaɡnɪfʌɪ/

▶verb (magnifies, magnifying, magnified)

• 1 make (something) appear larger than it is, especially with a lens or microscope.

  ■ increase or intensify.

• 2 archaic praise highly.

– derivatives
magnifier noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. magnifier or L. magnificare, based on L. magnus ‘great’.