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, ~ 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.