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Definition of magnify : 1. To exaggerate; as, to magnify a loss or a difficulty.
2. To have effect; to be of importance or significance.
3. 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.
4. To increase the importance of; to augment the esteem or respect in which one is held.
5. 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.
6. To praise highly; to land; to extol.

Synonyms:

hit the ceiling, overstate, fly off the handle, go ballistic, carol, have a fit, run up, adoration, emblazon, wax, blow a fuse, explode, blow up, expound, hit the roof, deify, devotions, soar, add to, hosanna, honor, flip one's wig, have kittens, apotheosize, exalt, ensky, build up, puff, idolatry, exposit, hyerbolise, dramatize, embellish, acclaim, go up, snowball, embroider, enhance, offer up, lard, enthrone, extol, praise, bless, religion, laud, alleluia, lucubrate, beef, uplift, hyperbolize, hymn, build, throw a fit, aggrandize, flesh out, beef up, glorify, enshrine, set off, dignify, idealize, hyperbolise, puff out, elaborate, go through the roof, dramatise, expatiate, bulk out, hallelujah, glory, consolidate, resound, aggrandise, detonate, double, overdraw, combust, rise, amp, strengthen, flip one's lid, overdo, genuflect, overcharge, play up, upsurge, canonize, proliferate, step up, lose one's temper, mount, ennoble, color, pad, celebrate, puff up, panegyrize, overplay, redouble, talk up, blow one's stack, scale up, eulogize, hail

stretch, engorge, swell, thicken, distend, spread, dilate, develop

escalate, deepen, stress, heighten, sharpen, increase, emphasize, intensify, exaggerate, accentuate, underline

burgeon, raise, advance, expand, enlarge, maximize, broaden, amplify, lengthen, accrue, increment, extend, grow, add, widen, reinforce, inflate, upgrade, fatten, boost, augment, multiply, elevate

Usage examples:

• He told me my Lord Chancellor the other day did ask him how it come to pass that his friend Pepys do so much magnify all things to worst, as I did on Sunday last, in the bad condition of the fleete. - "Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete Transcribed From The Shorthand Manuscript In The Pepysian Library Magdalene College Cambridge By The Rev. Mynors Bright", Samuel Pepys Commentator: Lord Braybrooke.
• These teachers magnify the Divine element in faith. - "Godliness", Catherine Booth.
• Thus, disappointment, anxiety, grief, fright, and other types of mental uneasiness not only magnify the discomfort but sometimes are its sole cause. - "The Prospective Mother A Handbook for Women During Pregnancy", J. Morris Slemons.