inflate (v.)
- aggrandize
- amplify
- augment
- balloon
- bloat
- blow
- boost
- broaden
- build
- bulk
- crescendo
- develop
- dilate
- distend
- enlarge
- exaggerate
- exalt
- expand
- extend
- fatten
- hike
- huff
- increase
- lengthen
- magnify
- maximize
- overdraw
- overextend
- overstrain
- overstretch
- parlay
- pontificate
- puff
- pump
- pyramid
- raise
- rarefy
- strain
- stretch
- sufflate
- swell
- thicken
- up
- widen