I.
v. n.
1.
Dilate, expand, tumefy, distend, fill out, intumesce, grow larger or bigger (by expansion).
2.
Increase (by outward addition), augment, enlarge.
3.
Rise (as waves), heave, surge.
4.
Belly, be inflated.
5.
Strut, look big, put on airs, be puffed up, swagger, ride a high horse, carry with a high hand.
6.
Be turgid or bombastic.
7.
Bulge, protuberate, swell out.
8.
Be puffed, be bloated, become irate.
9.
Glow, expand, warm, thrill, heave, throb, grow big.
10.
Be elated, rise into arrogance.
11.
Become larger, grow upon the view.
II.
v. a.
1.
Dilate, expand, inflate, enlarge.
2.
Enhance, heighten, aggravate.
3.
Puff up, make arrogant.
III.
n.
1.
Swelling.
2.
Augmentation, protuberance.
3.
Elevation, rise.
4.
Force, intensity, power, crescendo.
5.
Increase of power, increase of rhetorical force.
6.
Ascent, elevation.
7.
Waves, billows.
8.
(Colloq.) Fox, coxcomb, dandy, beau, exquisite, jackanapes, popinjay, blade, buck, fine gentleman, spark, jack-a-dandy, dandiprat, man milliner, man of dress, vain fellow.