amplify

verb

1. 1

   increase the volume of

   amplify sound

2. 2

   exaggerate or make bigger

   The charges were inflated

3. 3

   increase in size, volume or significance

   Her terror was magnified in her mind

4. 4

   to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

   tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery