Roleset magnify.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "make greater or bigger":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of magnification


Arg1:thing getting bigger/greater

Examples:

passivized (-)
A spokesman for the Stamford, Conn. based company said operations had a loss of $5.5 million for the quarter; in addition, the loss was magnified *trace* by nonrecurring charges totaling $23.5 million and $8.2 million in asset-valuation adjustments that he described as ``unusual.''
ArgM-DIS:	in addition
REL:	magnified
Arg1:	*trace* -> the loss
Arg0-by:	nonrecurring charges totaling $23.5 million and $8.2 million in asset-valuation adjustments that he described as ``unusual

It's possible, but unlikely, that this will be another quantifiable increase verb like 'rise', but be on the lookout for examples with EXT or start/end points.