to increase in size; enlarge, to cause to appear greater in power, influence

(adjective) partially open

(verb) to make hostile; to cause to feel unwelcome or estranged

(verb) to make less severe; to relieve, to lessen

(verb) to entice with something desirable; to tempt

(adjective) distant, reserved in manner, uninvolved

(noun) one who is defeated in a race, election, or other competition; loser

(noun) a heated quarrel

(noun) the choice between two mutually exclusive possibilities,

a situation presenting such as choice