v. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

v. make large; "blow up an image"

v. increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value; "inflate the currency"

v. increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind"

v. represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing caricatured the President"

v. represent as less significant or important