Verbs

(v)magnify, amplifyincrease in size, volume or significance“Her terror was magnified in her mind”
(v)overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplifyto enlarge beyond bounds or the truth“tended to romanticize and exaggerate this ‘gracious Old South’ imagery”
(v)blow up, enlarge, magnifymake large“blow up an image”