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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become large, fuller |
| Synonyms: | augment, become, build, come, develop, dilate, enlarge, expand, fill out, get bigger, get to, grow, grow full, heighten, increase, magnify, mount, multiply, rise, run, swell, turn, upsurge |
| Notes: | wane means to gradually decrease in strength or size, while wax means to increase in size or strength |
| Antonyms: | shrink |
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