v. add details to; lard; embellish; aggrandise; blow up; dramatize (*) aggrandize (*) bewail (*) capsulate (*) cranch

v. alternate the direction of motion of (*) reciprocate (*) consecrate (*) colourize (*) broach

v. give a description of; describe; make a portrait of; portray (*) imbibe (*) extrude (*) rubberize (*) depict

v. cause aversion in; sicken; churn up (*) flinch (*) rarify (*) renovate (*) nauseate

v. cut the wings off (of birds) (*) impale (*) wrawl (*) pinion (*) espouse

n. shelter; protection; sponsorship; auspices (*) whit (*) repository (*) pachyderm (*) aegis

v. shine brightly, like a star or a light (*) glimmer (*) impale (*) garner (*) sheathe

v. kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole (*) scuffle (*) capitulate (*) reprove (*) impale

v. increase the value of; apprise (*) encrypt (*) appreciate (*) ratify (*) wangle

v. kill in large numbers; extinguish; eradicate; wipe out; decimate; carry off (*) ferret (*) censure (*) funk (*) annihilate