gigantizev.
/ˈdʒʌɪɡantʌɪz/ transitive. To cause to appear gigantic.
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the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (transitive)] > make appear large
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1630 T. Randolph Panegyr. to Shirley's Gratef. Serv. A iij I cannot..straine Garagantuan lines to Gigantize thy veine.
1848 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 64 152 The former humanising the divine, the latter, if not deifying, gigantising humanity.
1865 Spectator 30 Sept. 1084 The comparison with dwarfs never makes average men seem unnaturally tall, never gigantizes them, though giants dwarf them.
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