inflate

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To fill (something) with air or gas so as to make it swell.
2. v. To enlarge or amplify unduly or improperly; aggrandize.
3. v. To raise or expand abnormally or improperly. See Synonyms at exaggerate.
4. v. To cause (a currency or an economy) to undergo inflation.
5. v. To become inflated.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To swell or distend by inhaling or injecting air or gas; distend in any manner: as, to infiate the lungs, a bladder, or a balloon.
2. To swell or extend unduly; expand beyond proper or natural limits; raise above the just amount or value: as, to infiate the currency or prices; to inflate the market (that is, the price of marketable commodities, as stocks).
3. To puff out or up; make swollen or turgid.
4. To puff up; elate: as, to inflate one with pride or self-importance.
5. Inflated.

Wiktionary

1. v. transitive To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
2. v. intransitive To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. Blown in; inflated.
2. v. To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge
3. v. Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate.
4. v. To cause to become unduly expanded or increased.
5. v. To expand; to fill; to distend.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value
2. v. become inflated
3. v. fill with gas or air
4. v. cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit
5. v. exaggerate or make bigger