maximize (v.)

• aggrandize
• amplify
• augment
• boost
• broaden
• build
• elaborate
• embellish
• enhance
• enlarge
• exaggerate
• exalt
• expand
• extend
• fatten
• hike
• improve
• increase
• inflate
• lengthen
• magnify
• overdo
• overemphasize
• overplay
• overstate
• overstress
• parlay
• pyramid
• raise
• thicken
• up