aggrandize (v.)
- advance
- amplify
- apotheose
- apotheosize
- augment
- ballyhoo
- beatify
- bloat
- boost
- broaden
- build
- bulk
- burlesque
- canonize
- caricature
- crescendo
- crown
- deify
- develop
- dignify
- dilate
- distend
- distinguish
- elevate
- enlarge
- ennoble
- enshrine
- enthrone
- erect
- exaggerate
- exalt
- expand
- extend
- fatten
- glamorize
- glorify
- graduate
- heighten
- hike
- honor
- huff
- hyperbolize
- immortalize
- increase
- inflate
- knight
- lengthen
- lionize
- magnify
- maximize
- multiply
- overcharge
- overdo
- overdraw
- overestimate
- overpraise
- overreach
- overreact
- overstate
- overstress
- parlay
- pass
- prefer
- promote
- puff
- pump
- pyramid
- raise
- rarefy
- saint
- sanctify
- stretch
- sublime
- sufflate
- swell
- thicken
- throne
- tout
- travesty
- up
- upgrade
- uplift
- widen