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magnify: increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind"

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soup up collapse: make more powerful; "he souped up the old cars"

aught collapse

dignify collapse: raise the status of; "I shall not dignify this insensitive remark with an answer"

glamorize collapse: make glamorous and attractive; "This new wallpaper really glamorizes the living room!"

canonize collapse: declare (a dead person) to be a saint; "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized"; treat as a sacred person; "He canonizes women"

brag about collapse

enthrone collapse: put a monarch on the throne; "The Queen was enthroned more than 50 years ago"

boast of collapse

ennoble collapse: give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility; confer dignity or honor upon; "He was dignified with a title"

beatify collapse: declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; "On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican"; make blessedly happy

eulogize collapse: praise formally and eloquently; "The dead woman was eulogized at the funeral"

maximize collapse: make as big or large as possible; "Maximize your profits!"; make the most of; "He maximized his role"

sanctify collapse

immortalize collapse: make famous forever; "This melody immortalized its composer"

pile it on collapse

talk big collapse

stretch the truth collapse

add to collapse: have an increased effect; "This adds to my worries"

overemphasize collapse: place special or excessive emphasis on; "I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book"

revere collapse: American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818)

triple collapse: a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base; a quantity that is three times as great as another; increase threefold; "Triple your income!"; hit a three-base hit

oversell collapse

extol collapse

redouble collapse: make twice as great or intense; "The screaming redoubled"; double again; "The noise doubled and redoubled"; double in magnitude, extent, or intensity; "The enemy redoubled their screaming on the radio"

pedestal collapse: an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue); a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority); "they put him on a pedestal"

lionize collapse: assign great social importance to; "The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood"; "The tenor was lionized in Vienna"

distend collapse: swell from or as if from internal pressure; "The distended bellies of the starving cows"; cause to expand as it by internal pressure; "The gas distended the animal's body"

beef up collapse

rarefy collapse: weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance); make more subtle or refined; lessen the density or solidity of; "The bones are rarefied"

jazz up collapse: make more interesting or lively; "juice up a party"; "pep up your paper"

overestimate collapse: a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high; an appraisal that is too high; make too high an estimate of; "He overestimated his own powers"

go to extremes collapse

overplay collapse

inflate collapse: fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons"; exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"; increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value; "inflate the currency"; cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit; "The war inflated the economy"

overdraw collapse: draw more money from than is available; "She overdrew her account"

overdo collapse: do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups"

puff up collapse: make larger or distend; "The estimates were puffed up"

applaud collapse: express approval of; "I applaud your efforts"; clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval

throne collapse: the position and power of an exalted person (a sovereign or bishop) who is entitled to sit in a chair of state on ceremonial occasions; the chair of state of a monarch, bishop, etc.; "the king sat on his throne"; sit on the throne as a ruler

overreact collapse: show an exaggerated response to something; "Don't overreact to the bad news--take it easy"

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