To make (something) appear larger by means of a lens, magnifying glass, telescope etc.
To make (something) larger or more important.
To praise, glorify (someone or something, especially God).
To make (someone or something) appear greater or more important than it is; to intensify, exaggerate.
To make smaller.
To remove white space and unnecessary characters from a web page's source code in order to reduce its size and improve download time.
To reduce in apparent size, as for example objects viewed through a lens or mirror shaped so as to increase the field of view, such as a convex or aspheric mirror or a Fresnel lens.