gigantify

English

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To make gigantic.
   • 1806, Leigh Hunt, “Essay on Brooke”, in Classic Tales: Serious and Lively, volume 1, page 221:

     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.

   • 2001, David J. Skal, The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror, page 248:

     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.

   • 2005, Chris Condon, 3-D Filmmakers: Conversations with Creators of Stereoscopic Motion Pictures, page 15:

     With a 32mm lens you're not going to get the perspective to gigantify an object.

Synonyms

• giantize/giantise
• gigantize/gigantise

Antonyms

• miniaturize/miniaturise

Derived terms

• gigantification