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I verb accumulate, add to, advance, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, ascend, augment, balloon, be augmented, be distended, become broad, become greater, become larger, blow up, branch out, broaden, build up, burgeon, deepen, develop, develop in greater detail, dilatare, dilate, distend, elaborate, elevate, enhance, enlarge, enlarge on, enter into detail, escalate, exacerbate, exaggerate, expatiate on, express in fuller form, extend, extendere, fan out, fatten, fill out, further, gain, gain strength, go into detail, greaten, grow, grow larger, heighten, increase, increase in bulk, increase in extent, increase the capacity of, inflate, intensify, lazare, lengthen, magnify, make greater, make larger, make more comprehensive, maximize, multiply, outspread, outstretch, progress, prolong, raise, redouble, render broad, render larger, shoot upward, sprawl, spread, spread out, spread over, step up, stretch, stretch out, supplement, swell, unfold, wax, widen II index accrue (increase), accumulate (enlarge), amplify, build (augment), compound, declaim, deploy, develop, elaborate, enhance, extend (enlarge), heighten (augment), increase, inflate, magnify, overestimate, parlay (exploit successfully), progress, spread, supplement