gigantify

Verb

gigantify (third-person singular simple present gigantifies, present participle gigantifying, simple past and past participle gigantified)

1. (transitive) To make gigantic.
   • There is no necessity to gigantify atoms in order to excite our admiration, for they are more wonderful considered in their comparative minuteness; to equalize their description with the hugest animals of the earth is nothing but to render their real feebleness contemptible.1806, Leigh Hunt, “Essay on Brooke”, in Classic Tales: Serious and Lively, volume 1, page 221
   • The basic premise was, of course, stupid: since irradiated marigold seeds, for instance, could yield humongous blossoms, then atomic testing could transform and gigantify anything, like a technological gypsy curse.2001, David J. Skal, The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror, page 248

   Synonyms:

   giantize, giantise, gigantize, gigantise