| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To make or become more comprehensive or inclusive: broaden, expand, widen. See INCREASE. 2. To proceed on a certain course or for a certain distance: carry, go, lead, reach, run, stretch. See REACH. 3. To change or fluctuate within limits: go, range, run, vary. See CHANGE. 4. To make or become greater or larger: aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build, build up, burgeon, enlarge, escalate, expand, grow, increase, magnify, mount, multiply, proliferate, rise, run up, snowball, soar, swell, upsurge, wax. Informal : beef up. See INCREASE. 5. To make or become longer: draw out, elongate, lengthen, prolong, prolongate, protract, spin (out), stretch (out). Mathematics : produce. See INCREASE, LONG. 6. To make (something) readily available: afford, offer, provide. Idioms: place (or put) at one's disposal. See OFFER. 7. To put before another for acceptance: offer, present2, proffer, tender2, volunteer. Idioms: come forward with, lay at someone's feet, lay before. See OFFER. 8. To arrange for the extension of: renew. See CONTINUE. 9. To move or arrange so as to cover a larger area: expand, fan1 (out), open (out or up), outstretch, spread, stretch, unfold, unroll. See MOVE.
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