| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. The act of increasing or rising: aggrandizement, amplification, augment, augmentation, buildup, enlargement, escalation, growth, hike, increase, jump, multiplication, proliferation, raise, rise, swell, upsurge, upswing, upturn. See INCREASE. 2. The amount by which something is increased: advance, hike, increase, increment, jump, raise, rise. See INCREASE. 3. An instance of lifting or being lifted: heave, hoist, lift. See RISE. | | VERB: | 1. To move (something) to a higher position: elevate, heave, hoist, lift, pick up, raise, rear2, take up, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear. See RISE. 2. To give support or assistance: abet, aid, assist, help (out), relieve, succor. Idioms: give (or lend) a hand, give a leg up. See HELP. 3. To make or become greater or larger: aggrandize, amplify, augment, build, build up, burgeon, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, grow, increase, magnify, mount, multiply, proliferate, rise, run up, snowball, soar, swell, upsurge, wax. Informal : beef up. See INCREASE. 4. To increase or seek to increase the importance or reputation of by favorable publicity: ballyhoo, build up, enhance, promote, publicize, puff, talk up, tout. Informal : plug. Slang : hype. See KNOWLEDGE. 5. To increase in amount: hike, jack (up), jump, raise, up. See INCREASE.
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